Patent ID: 6599734
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: C12M

Abstract:
An apparatus for cultivating a cell or tissue comprising:a sealed space into which gas is supplied, wherein the space is maintained at a temperature and environment necessary for sustaining life; a culture medium bath disposed in the sealed space for storing culture medium; a culture chamber disposed in the sealed space to culture the cell or tissue; a culture circuit arranged by connecting the culture chamber and the culture medium bath with a tube, wherein the culture circuit circulates the culture medium inside the culture medium bath to the culture chamber by providing a continuous supply, variable supply, periodic supply, or a combination thereof of the culture medium; means for holding the cell or tissue in the culture medium in a suspending or a non-suspending state within the culture chamber, wherein the means for holding is absorbed by the cell or tissue as the cell or tissue grows; and a gas absorption portion provided as part of the culture circuit and positioned at a front stage of the culture chamber for allowing the gas to be absorbed by the circulating culture medium, wherein the gas supplied to the sealed space permeates through the gas absorption portion, and the gas is absorbed into the culture medium at the front stage of the culture chamber.