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Microinjection apparatus and microinjection method

US7881533B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 20, 2006
Grant dateFeb 1, 2011
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Expiry dateDec 2, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B21/32
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A microinjection apparatus of the present invention includes a needle-position polarity detecting unit that detects a position of the needle in the vertical direction at which a value of a differential aggregate distribution becomes the maximum in the situation in which a shape of the leading edge of the needle at a focal position narrows at the right. Moreover, a differential-average determining unit, based on a differential average of an image near the position detected by the needle-position polarity detecting unit, determines the lowest allowable position of the needle, which is a position at which a differential average exceeds a predetermined threshold.

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