Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for detecting cell chemotaxis
- Patent Title (中): 用于检测细胞趋化性的装置
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Application No.: US10542189Application Date: 2004-04-08
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Publication No.: US07807451B2Publication Date: 2010-10-05
- Inventor: Shiro Kanegasaki
- Applicant: Shiro Kanegasaki
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: ECI, Inc.
- Current Assignee: ECI, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: JP2003-105197 20030409
- International Application: PCT/JP2004/005088 WO 20040408
- International Announcement: WO2004/090090 WO 20041021
- Main IPC: G01N33/48
- IPC: G01N33/48 ; C12M1/00 ; C12M3/00 ; C12M1/42 ; C12M1/34

Abstract:
The present invention relates to an improvement in an apparatus for detecting chemotaxis of cells. It aims at providing a structure for detecting chemotaxis of cells at an elevated accuracy with the use of a microquantity of cells. That is to say, an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for detecting chemotaxis of cells by which cell injection and position control can be easily carried out while ensuring the prevention of unexpected migration of the cells definitely positioned in a well or the injected sample so that a stable concentration gradient due to the diffusion of the specimen can be maintained and which ensures further automated operation and controlling.Namely, an apparatus for detecting chemotaxis of cells with a structure wherein two wells are connected to each other via a channel having resistance to the passage of cells and each well has an opening for injecting cells or a specimen, characterized by having (1) a means of transporting a liquid and a means of stopping the transportation after the injection or the aspiration discharge of the liquid and (2) a means of sealing the opening(s) in one or both of the cell-injection side and the specimen-injection side.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060121600A1 Apparatus for detecting cell chemotaxis Public/Granted day:2006-06-08
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