Patent ID: 9500850
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: C12M,G02B

Claim Text:
1. A culture microscope comprising: a culturing space that is provided with a stage on which a specimen is mounted and in which the specimen is cultured; an adjacent space that is disposed adjacent to the culturing space and in which a driving mechanism that drives the stage is disposed; a stationary partition that divides the adjacent space and the culturing space and that is provided with a first through-hole that passes through the stationary partition in a thickness direction; a movable partition that is disposed at a position where the movable partition closes the first through-hole of the stationary partition, wherein the movable partition has a second through-hole that is smaller than the first through-hole, and is supported so as to be movable parallel to the stationary partition, and wherein the movable partition is larger than the first through-hole; and a lid member that is disposed at a position where the lid member closes the second through-hole of the movable partition and that is supported so as to be movable parallel to the movable partition, wherein the driving mechanism is connected to the lid member via a shaft that passes through the first through-hole and the second through-hole, and wherein the stage is secured to the lid member.