Patent ID: 7867752

Claim:
An apparatus for incubating and determining the state of individual cells within a plurality of cells comprising: means for incubating the plurality of cells, the incubating means is a dynamically controlled closed environment in which the cells are grown and remains closed while it is dynamically controlled, which is maintained in a desired condition and in which each individual cell of the plurality of cells can be individually examined over time while the environment is dynamically controlled and maintained in the desired condition, the incubating means including an environment controlling means for dynamically controlling the closed environment of the incubating means; and means for automatically determining the state of said individual cell of the plurality of cells over time disposed in the incubating means while the environment is dynamically controlled and maintained in the desired condition, said determining means in communication with the incubating means, said determining means includes a computer for automatically determining the state of said individual cell of the plurality of cells over time.