Patent ID: 8192982
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: C12M,G01N,G02B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A tissue culture microscope apparatus which holds a liquid injector that is adapted to store and inject a liquid according to a predetermined operation, the apparatus comprising: a culture unit that includes a chamber adapted to house a specimen, and that maintains the chamber at a predetermined temperature to culture the specimen; an observation unit that is adapted to form an observation image of the specimen housed in the chamber; and a communication holder that is detachable from a wall of the chamber and that includes: (i) a protrusion portion penetrating into the wall of the chamber, (ii) a communication hole formed in the protrusion portion and communicating an inside of the chamber with an outside of the chamber, and (iii) a sealing member formed in the protrusion portion and sealing a gap formed between the liquid injector and the communication holder in the communication hole between the inside of the chamber and the outside of the chamber, wherein the communication holder is adapted to hold the liquid injector in the communication hole such that: (i) a temperature of the liquid in the liquid injector is matched with the predetermined temperature of the chamber, and (ii) the liquid injector is held in an inclined state and injects the liquid from the protrusion portion to the specimen, and wherein the communication holder further includes an intermediate holder that: (i) is adapted to hold the liquid injector, (ii) penetrates the communication hole, and (iii) is movably held along the communication hole while maintaining a sealed state between the liquid injector and the communication holder in the communication hole.