Patent ID: 9222066
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: A61L,C12M

Abstract:
1. An incubator comprising: an environment-adjusting-medium supply unit having a supply passage through which the environment-adjusting-medium stored in a reservoir is supplied to a culture space accommodating a cultured object, the environment-adjusting-medium supply unit supplying the environment-adjusting-medium from the reservoir to the culture space through a filter arranged in the supply passage to adjust the internal environment of the culture space; a decontamination gas supply unit that supplies decontamination gas into the culture space; a decontamination gas suction unit that is provided upstream from the filter in the supply passage to suck the decontamination gas out of the culture space and discharge the decontamination gas outside after passing through the filter; and an open air introduction unit that is provided upstream from the filter in the supply passage to allow open air to enter the supply passage, pass through the filter, and enter the culture space; the decontamination gas, which is sucked by the decontamination gas suction unit and adsorbed onto the filter, being backwashed by the open air introduced by the open air introduction unit and discharged into the culture space.