Patent ID: 8206976

Claim:
A culture system, comprising: a culture vessel box which has a vessel containing section to contain at least one culture vessel, and a first door section to carry in and out the culture vessel; and a culture apparatus which has a cell culture section for culturing cells internally, a second door section to carry in and out the culture vessel, door driving means for opening and closing the first and second door sections at the time of connection of the culture vessel box, and a door storing section which houses the first and second door sections therein when the first and second door sections are opened by the door driving means, wherein an open air contacting portion of at least one of the first and second door sections has an adhesive raw material, wherein when the culture vessel box is connected to the culture apparatus, the first door section of the culture vessel box and the second door section of the culture apparatus stick with the adhesive raw material, wherein the first and second door sections are housed within the door storing section when the first and second door sections are stuck to each other, and wherein the door storing section is provided outside a cell culturing space in the culture apparatus.