Patent ID: 9291534
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G01N

Claim Text:
1. A cell collection apparatus comprising: a supporter that supports a sheet detachably adhering to one end surface of a substrate on whose other end surface a section of a tissue is pasted, the substrate being divided into plural small pieces along a predetermined dividing lines together with the section and allowing at least one of the small pieces to be separated by pressing the one end surface of the small piece; a needle having needle tips configured to pierce the sheet; and a holder that is configured to hold the needle with the needle tips facing the sheet held by the supporter on an opposite side to a substrate side of the sheet, and to move the needle in a forward direction of the needle tips along a longitudinal direction of the needle, wherein at least two needle tips are arranged within a region narrower than the one end surface of the small piece substantially on an identical plane intersecting with the longitudinal direction.