Patent ID: 11884905
Assignee: UNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION OSAKA
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC C  G | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. A fluidic chip for cell culture use, comprising a base and a lid member, wherein
the base and the lid member are configured to define one or both of a first flow path and a first accommodation section for attachably/detachably accommodating a first culture vessel when the lid member is joined to the base,
wherein the first culture vessel comprises a culture gel having cells or a cell tissue embedded in the culture gel and includes a light-permeable window made from a hydrogel or a porous body,
wherein the light-permeable window made from the hydrogel has a gel strength of from about 50 g/cm2 to about 10000 g/cm2,
the first accommodation section has a socket with which the first culture vessel is engageable, and
the base and the lid member are configured in such a manner that at least a portion of a culture solution flowing through the first flow path is supplied to the first accommodation section;
further wherein the hydrogel is selected from the group consisting of: an agarose gel, a polyacrylamide gel, a sodium alginate, and a collagen gel.