Cell culture incubators with integrated cell manipulation systems
US11920122B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 12, 2022 |
| Grant date | Mar 5, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 2, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2035/0463
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A cell culture incubator with an incubator cabinet has an internal chamber with a door opening from an external environment. An imager and a manipulator with a scraper are in the internal chamber. A controller is configured for controlling the manipulator to modulate the contact pressure between a scraping edge of the cell scraper and a surface of a cell culture vessel and a sensor is connected to the cell scraper that provides signal to the controller informative of a sensed pressure between a scraping edge of the cell scraper and the surface of a cell culture vessel. The controller controls the manipulator to increase or decrease the pressure between a scraping edge of the cell scraper and the surface of a cell culture vessel.
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