Cell observing apparatus and cell incubation method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8947518-B2
Application number	US-201213552839-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2012
Priority date	Jan 20, 2010
Publication date	Feb 3, 2015
Grant date	Feb 3, 2015

Abstract

User's time and labor required for performing manipulations with respect to cells which exist in an incubation container, are reduced. To achieve the above, a cell observing apparatus includes an observation stage supporting an incubation container that houses cells, a micro imaging optical system forming, on an imaging device for micro imaging, an image of the cell in the incubation container disposed at an observing position of the observation stage, a macro imaging optical system forming, on an imaging device for macro imaging, an image of an area wider than that captured by the micro imaging optical system in the incubation container, and a controlling unit controlling an operation of a manipulation needle that manipulates the cells in the incubation container, in which the micro imaging optical system is disposed on a side facing the macro imaging optical system with the observation stage being located therebetween.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cell observing apparatus, comprising:
an observation stage to support an incubation container that houses cells;
a micro imaging optical system having an objective lens and, when the incubation container is supported by the observation stage and is disposed at an observing position of the observation stage, to form, on an imaging device for micro imaging via the objective lens of the micro imaging optical system, an image of the cells in the incubation c…

Assignees

• Kiyota Yasujiro
• Uozumi Takayuki
• Nikon Corp

Inventors

• Kiyota Yasujiro
• Uozumi Takayuki

Classifications

• G02B21/36

  Physics · mapped topic

• C12M41/36 Primary

  Chemistry & Metallurgy · mapped topic

• G02B21/32

  Physics · mapped topic

• G02B21/0088

  Physics · mapped topic