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Observation and/or cultivation instrument for cells

US5018847A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 12, 1989
Grant dateMay 28, 1991
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Expiry dateSep 12, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12M25/06
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An instrument for observation and/or cultivation of cells which has a ceramic coating having a good biocompatibility on a surface thereof to be contacted with said cells. The cells on the instrument of the present invention can be cultivated under the conditions similar to those in vivo, and also can be observed in an optical microscope. The instrument can be sterilized with any sterilization process well-known in this field of technology.

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