Cell culture apparatus, cell culture method, cell culture program and cell culture system
First Claim
1. A cell culture apparatus comprising:
- a culture vessel which cultures cells;
a culture medium storage unit which stores a culture medium supplied to the culture vessel;
a platform on which the culture vessel is placed, wherein the platform includes a non-elevating part which is a portion of the platform on which the culture vessel is placed, and at least one area-changing part which is another portion of the platform on which the culture vessel is placed, wherein the at least one area-changing part is movable upward and downward such that the non-elevating part of the platform and the at least one area-changing part of the platform are arrangeable on different planes, and wherein a culture area of the culture vessel is changed by moving the at least one area-changing part;
an image acquiring unit which acquires images of the cells in the culture vessel; and
a control unit which determines a culture state of the cells from the images of the cells acquired by the image acquiring unit and controls a culture operation to be carried out based on the determination,wherein the control unit controls the platform to change the culture area of the culture vessel.
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Abstract
The invention intends to provide a cell culture apparatus which is able to realize an adequate culture according to the culture state of cells while alleviating the labor of an operator. The cell culture apparatus includes a culture bag for causing the cells to proliferate, a cell inoculation cassette (or culture bag as an antibody stimulating and proliferation culture vessel) for stimulating the cells by an inducer for the proliferation, a culture medium cassette for storing a culture medium supplied to the culture bag and the cell inoculation cassette, a CCD camera 88 for acquiring images of the cells in the cell inoculation cassette, and an image processing computer and an operation control computer for determining the culture state (proliferation capability and proliferation ability of the cells) of the cells from the images of the cells acquired by the CCD camera, and causing a culture operation to be carried out on the basis of the determination.
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1. A cell culture apparatus comprising:
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a culture vessel which cultures cells; a culture medium storage unit which stores a culture medium supplied to the culture vessel; a platform on which the culture vessel is placed, wherein the platform includes a non-elevating part which is a portion of the platform on which the culture vessel is placed, and at least one area-changing part which is another portion of the platform on which the culture vessel is placed, wherein the at least one area-changing part is movable upward and downward such that the non-elevating part of the platform and the at least one area-changing part of the platform are arrangeable on different planes, and wherein a culture area of the culture vessel is changed by moving the at least one area-changing part; an image acquiring unit which acquires images of the cells in the culture vessel; and a control unit which determines a culture state of the cells from the images of the cells acquired by the image acquiring unit and controls a culture operation to be carried out based on the determination, wherein the control unit controls the platform to change the culture area of the culture vessel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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