Patent ID: 7419819

Claim:
An apparatus for cell culture wherein at least a medium replacement process and a passage culture process can be executed, said apparatus comprising: an aspirator unit for drawing a liquid, a chemical liquid supply unit for supplying a medium, a liquid for detachment, or a washing liquid, a pipetting unit for quantitatively aspirating and discharging the liquid, a centrifugal unit for separating cells from a cell suspension in a centrifuge tube, a handling unit for carrying a culture vessel and the centrifuge tube to said aspirator unit, chemical liquid supply unit, pipetting unit, and centrifugal unit, and a clean bench having a sterile operation space in which said aspirator unit, chemical liquid supply unit, pipetting unit, centrifugal unit and handling unit are removably stored within the sterile operation space, wherein said handling unit comprises: a slide module having a culture vessel table and a centrifuge tube table for mounting the culture vessel and the centrifuge tube, respectively, and being constructed such that the culture vessel table and the centrifuge tube table are movable to each operation position of the aspirator unit, chemical liquid supply unit and pipetting unit, and a carrying module which is constructed such that the carrying module can hold the culture vessel and the centrifuge tube, and that the culture vessel and the centrifuge tube can be carried to a predetermined position of the culture vessel table and the centrifuge tube table, respectively, of the slide module, said carrying module having a holding part constructed in a manner capable of holding the culture vessel and the centrifuge tube, a deviation part constructed to enable the holding part to swing, and a displacement part constructed to enable the holding part to be slidable in a horizontal direction and an up an down direction.