Patent ID: 7727760

Claim:
A cell colonies dissecting and transplanting apparatus comprising: a base; a feeding mechanism having at least three axis feeding drives being disposed onto the base; a holder for receiving at least one media board being mounted onto the base; an image capturing device mounted onto the base, and positionable for imaging the at least one media board; a cutting assembly provided with a plurality of blades fixed in a handle coupled onto the base for causing a linear motion relative to the holder, the plurality of blades being arranged so as to divide a substrate into a plurality of substantially linear subdivisions; and a transplanting mechanism defined with a bent capture needle, being arranged onto the base for causing a motion relative to the holder, a distal end of the capture needle is formed in a general u-shape with a protrusive lower tip for capturing and separating the dissected small cell masses from one another; wherein a rotationally repositionable drive provides an adjustable orientation of the cutting assembly relative to the at least one media board so as to subdivide a substrate in a pattern of intersecting gridlines.