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Automatic culturing device

  • US 10,106,769 B2
  • Filed: 06/12/2015
  • Issued: 10/23/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An automatic culturing device comprising a work chamber maintained in a sterile state, a pass box connected to one side surface of the work chamber, and an incubator connected to the other side surface of the work chamber, the automatic culturing device including,in the work chamber, a rotary stocker which is arranged in the vicinity of the pass box and houses a culture vessel, a robot which holds and transports the culture vessel, and a pipette which supplies liquids, such as a culture medium and liquid medicine, to the culture vessel held by the robot, and the automatic culturing device being configured to perform a cultivating operation associated with the cultivation of a culture object by the robot,the automatic culturing device being characterized by including, as the robot, a first robot corresponding to the rotary stocker and a second robot corresponding to the incubator, the first and second robots respectively having movable ranges which partially overlap with each other, whereinthe pipette and a handing-over table for handing over the culture vessel between the first and second robots are provided in the movable ranges of the first and second robots which overlap with each other,an attachment for supporting the culture vessel from the bottom is further provided and the attachment is housed in the rotary stocker,the first robot holds the attachment housed in the rotary stocker, causes the attachment to support and takes out the culture vessel housed in the rotary stocker, and mounts the attachment supporting the culture vessel on the housing-over table, andthe second robot holds and transports the attachment mounted on the handing-over table and supporting the culture vessel.

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