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Culture chamber and culture method

US11866682B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 2022
Grant dateJan 9, 2024
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2042

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12M23/12
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Provided is a culture chamber that includes a plurality of recesses each formed of a bottom portion and an opening portion. The bottom portion has a hemispherical shape or a truncated cone shape. The opening portion is defined by a wall that surrounds an area from a boundary between the opening portion and the bottom portion to an end of each of the recesses, the wall having a taper angle in a range from 1 to 20 degrees. An equivalent diameter of the boundary is from 50 μm to 2 mm and a depth from a bottom of the bottom portion to the end of each of the recesses is from 0.6 or more times to 3 or less times the equivalent diameter, and the wall defining the opening portion forms a surface continuous to the bottom portion. An inclination of the continuous surface changes at the boundary.

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