Cell culture method, cell culture device, and culture vessel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025333721-A1
Application number	US-202519261222-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 7, 2025
Priority date	Jan 12, 2023
Publication date	Oct 30, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A cell culture method includes: extracting, in a culture vessel holding a liquid that includes a first cell to which a magnetic bead that is an example of a magnetic particle is attached, the first cell by discharging the liquid from the culture vessel while the first cell is attracted to the culture vessel by magnetic force; and culturing, in the culture vessel, a second cell by supplying a culture medium to the culture vessel, the second cell having been generated in the culture vessel from the first cell extracted.

First claim

1 . A cell culture method comprising:
extracting, in a culture vessel holding a liquid that includes a first cell to which a magnetic particle is attached, the first cell by discharging the liquid from the culture vessel while the first cell is attracted to the culture vessel by magnetic force; and culturing, in the culture vessel, a second cell by supplying a culture medium to the culture vessel, the second cell having been generated in the culture vessel from the first cell extracted.

2 . The cell culture method according to claim 1 , wherein
the liquid that includes the first cell is supplied to the culture vessel from a cell vessel, the culture medium is supplied to the culture vessel from a culture medium vessel, and the cell vessel, the culture medium vessel, and the culture vessel define a closed space.

3 . The cell culture method according to claim 1 , wherein
in the extracting, the first cell is extracted while the culture vessel is tilted.

4 . The cell culture method according to claim 1 , wherein
in the extracting, the attraction of the first cell by the magnetic force is started while the culture vessel is tilted.

5 . The cell culture method according to claim 1 , wherein
in the culturing, the culture vessel is tilted and a tilt of the culture vessel is gradually reduced.

6 . The cell culture method according to claim 1 , wherein
by sending a gas into a supply path that supplies, to the culture vessel, the culture medium or a first liquid that includes the first cell:
the first liquid remaining in the supply path is returned to the cell vessel that had held the first liquid or is sent to the culture vessel; or
the culture medium remaining in the supply path is returned to the culture medium vessel that had held the culture medium or is sent to the culture vessel.

7 . The cell culture method according to claim 1 , wherein
in the culturing, the culture vessel is oscillated.

8 . The cell culture method according to claim 1 , wherein
a supply port and a discharge port are provided, separately from each other, to the culture vessel, and in the culturing, the culture medium is circulated by discharging, from the discharge port, the culture medium that is in the culture vessel, and supplying, from the supply port to the culture vessel, the culture medium discharged.

9 . The cell culture method according to claim 1 , wherein
the magnetic force is applied by a magnet, and the magnet is provided to a vessel arrangement stand on which the culture vessel is arranged.

10 . The cell culture method according to claim 1 , comprising, before the extracting:
supplying, to the culture vessel, a first liquid that includes the first cell; and supplying, to the culture vessel, a second liquid that includes the magnetic particle, wherein by the supplying of the first liquid and the supplying of the second liquid, the liquid that includes the first cell to which the magnetic particle is attached is held in the culture vessel.

11 . The cell culture method according to claim 10 , comprising:
supplying, after the extracting, the culture medium to the culture vessel, wherein a supply port and a discharge port are provided, separately from each other, to the culture vessel, in the supplying of the first liquid, the first liquid that includes the first cell is supplied to the culture vessel via the supply port, in the supplying of the second liquid, the second liquid that includes the magnetic particle is supplied to the culture vessel via the supply port, in the extracting, a mixed liquid of the first liquid and the second liquid is discharged from the culture vessel via the discharge port, and in the supplying of the culture medium, the culture medium is supplied to the culture vessel via the supply port.

12 . The cell culture method according to claim 1 , comprising:
generating the second cell by infecting the first cell with a virus, by supplying, after the extracting and before the culturing, a third liquid to the culture vessel, the third liquid including a viral vector, wherein in the generating of the second cell, the attraction of the first cell by the magnetic force is stopped.

13 . The cell culture method according to claim 12 , wherein
in the generating of the second cell, the culture vessel is oscillated.

14 . The cell culture method according to claim 1 , wherein
the first cell is a hematopoietic stem cell, the first liquid that includes the first cell is blood, and the second cell is an induced pluripotent stem (IPS) cell.

15 . A cell culture device configured to:
extract, in a culture vessel holding a liquid that includes a first cell to which a magnetic particle is attached, the first cell by discharging the liquid from the culture vessel while the first cell is attracted to the culture vessel by magnetic force; and culture, in the culture vessel, a second cell generated in the culture vessel from the first cell extracted.

16 . A culture vessel arranged in the cell culture device according to claim 15 .

17 . The culture vessel according to claim 16 , comprising:
a supply port through which a culture medium and the liquid that includes the first cell are supplied to the culture vessel, the culture medium being from a culture medium vessel, the liquid that includes the first cell being from a cell vessel; and a discharge port through which vessel liquid present in the culture vessel is discharged, wherein the supply port and the discharge port are provided separately from each other.

18 . The culture vessel according to claim 17 , wherein
the cell vessel, the culture medium vessel, and the culture vessel define a closed space when the cell vessel and the culture medium vessel are connected to the supply port.

19 . The culture vessel according to claim 17 , wherein
in a top view, a shape of the culture vessel includes two short sides that oppose each other in one direction, and two long sides that oppose each other in an other direction that intersects the one direction, the culture vessel includes: a first supply port and a second supply port that are each the supply port; and a first discharge port and a second discharge port that are each the discharge port, the first supply port is provided to one of the two short sides of the culture vessel, the first discharge port is provided to an other of the two short sides of the culture vessel, and the second supply port and the second discharge port are provided to the other of the two short sides of the culture vessel, or are separately provided to one side and an other side, respectively, of the two long sides of the culture vessel.

20 . The culture vessel according to claim 17 , wherein
a supply path is connected to the supply port, the supply path being for supplying, to the culture vessel, the culture medium and the liquid that includes the first cell, a discharge path is connected to the discharge port, the discharge path being for discharging the vessel liquid present in the culture vessel, and the supply path and the discharge path are provided separately from each other.

21 . The culture vessel according to claim 20 , wherein
a cross-sectional area of a flow path of the supply path and a cross-sectional area of a flow path of the discharge path are different from each other.

22 . The culture vessel according to claim 20 , wherein
a filter that traps the second cell is provided to the discharge path, the second ce

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Okumura Koji

Classifications

• C12M35/06

  Magnetic means (C12M35/02 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C12N13/00 Primary

  Treatment of microorganisms or enzymes with electrical or wave energy, e.g. magnetism, sonic waves · CPC title

• C12N5/0647

  Haematopoietic stem cells; Uncommitted or multipotent progenitors · CPC title

• C12M37/02

  Filters · CPC title

• C12M29/00

  Means for introduction, extraction or recirculation of materials, e.g. pumps (pumps per se F04B) · CPC title