Abstract:
The connection support device includes a rod-shaped member insertable into respective hollow portions of two or more cell structures, the rod-shaped member being inserted into the hollow portions, the rod-shaped member including a circular cross section having an outer diameter capable of adhering to inner surfaces of the cell structures when the rod-shaped member contracts after maturing, and a total length longer than a sum of respective lengths of the two or more cell structures, and two presser devices including clamp portions capable of being fixed to the rod-shaped member by clamping and fitting to the rod-shaped member, the rod-shaped member being made of a material with oxygen permeability.
Abstract:
A quality evaluation method includes an acquisition step of acquiring spectral data related to transmitted light or diffusely reflected light from a cell mass by irradiating the cell mass with measurement light including near-infrared light, and an evaluation step of evaluating quality of the cell mass, based on the spectral data of the cell mass acquired in the acquisition step.
Abstract:
Provided are: a cell tray provided with a concave part for supporting a cell aggregate and a hole formed on the bottom of the concave part; and a device for producing a cell structure, said device being provided with the cell tray and a puncture part passing through the cell tray and the cell aggregate, characterized in that the puncture part passes through the cell aggregate supported by the concave part until the tip thereof intrudes into the hole. Also provided is a system for producing a cell structure, said system comprising: a determination part that examines the characteristics of cell aggregates; a fractionation part that classifies the cell aggregates depending on the results of the examination by the determination part; a discharge part that disposes the cell aggregates in a cell tray depending on the results of the classification by the fractionation part; a puncture part that pass through a plurality of cell aggregates disposed in the cell tray; and a holding part that aligns and holds a plurality of puncture parts passing through a plurality of cell aggregates.
Abstract:
According to an evaluation method, first, a biological sample is taken an image, and an image in which intensity values are distributed is acquired. After that, a localization region corresponding to a fibrotic region is extracted from the taken image. At that time, a region of which intensity value satisfies a predetermined requirement in the taken image is extracted as the localization region. Alternatively, the taken image is input to a trained model created in advance, and a localization region output from the trained model is obtained. This makes it possible to noninvasively observe the fibrotic region of the biological sample, to evaluate the condition of the biological sample, without processing cells by staining or the like.
Abstract:
It is solved by the rod-shaped tubular cell structure maintaining support device for cultivating a tubular cell structure including a hollow portion inside for a predetermined period of time while maintaining the hollow portion, the tubular cell structure maintaining support device including an outer diameter insertable into the hollow portion of the cell structure, and when inserted into the hollow portion, capable of allowing the tubular cell structure maintaining support device to adhere to an inner surface of the cell structure, and a penetration conduit including openings at both ends of the tubular cell structure maintaining support device, and penetrating between the openings, wherein the tubular cell structure maintaining support device has an oxygen permeable structure from the penetration conduit to an outer surface of the tubular cell structure maintaining support device.
Abstract:
Long awaited is a human liver-like three-dimensional construct that makes it possible to carry out evaluation of human-specific toxicity and the like accurately and in a simple manner. The present invention provides a human liver-like three-dimensional construct comprising a heterospheroid, in which human hepatic cells and other human-derived cells which are not human hepatic cells are aggregated. This human liver-like three-dimensional construct is characterized in that the other human-derived cells are at least one selected from human hepatic stellate cells and the like, and the other human-derived cell to the human hepatic cell count ratio is at least 0.01 but less than 1.
Abstract:
The cell structure manufacturing system including a cabinet being a closed space capable of maintaining an inside at a high cleanness, a cultivation plate supplying device configured to supply one cultivation plate of a plurality of cultivation plates to a conveying device in a cultivation plate supplying area, a transfer device including a cell aggregate injection device configured to discharge and transfer, and a sticking device including a needle-like body clamping mechanism configured to remove one needle-like body from a needle-like body supplying mechanism storing a plurality of needle-like bodies and perform gripping of the one needle-like body.
Abstract:
It is solved by the rod-shaped tubular cell structure maintaining support device for cultivating a tubular cell structure including a hollow portion inside for a predetermined period of time while maintaining the hollow portion, the tubular cell structure maintaining support device including an outer diameter insertable into the hollow portion of the cell structure, and when inserted into the hollow portion, capable of allowing the tubular cell structure maintaining support device to adhere to an inner surface of the cell structure, and a penetration conduit including openings at both ends of the tubular cell structure maintaining support device, and penetrating between the openings, wherein the tubular cell structure maintaining support device has an oxygen permeable structure from the penetration conduit to an outer surface of the tubular cell structure maintaining support device.
Abstract:
A device for manufacturing a support for fixing cells of the present invention is capable of easily manufacturing a support that has needle-like bodies arranged on a base. The manufacturing device 2 is provided with a base 10, a holder 4, an insertion guide 6 and an alignment mechanism. The base 10 is retained by a holder 4. The base 10 is provided with a plurality of openings 15, into which needle-like bodies 20 are inserted and fixed. An insertion guide 6 is provided next to the holder 4 and includes slots 12 for placing a plurality of needle-like bodies 20 generally parallel to each other. The insertion guide 6 is provided with a plurality of slots 12 for placing the needle-like bodies 20 at corresponding positions to the openings 15, so that the alignment mechanism moves the insertion guide 6 such that the feed openings 12a are positioned adjacent to the openings 15. After positioning the feed openings 12a adjacent to the openings 15, the needle-like bodies 20 are introduced into the openings 15, whereby the needle-like bodies 20 are implanted into the base 10 to form a support.