Patent ID: 6982095

Claim:
A seamless capsule in which living cell or tissue is suspended in an aqueous liquid, wherein the capsule is formed by a seamless capsule manufacturing apparatus with a triple tube nozzle, wherein the aqueous liquid comprising the living cell or tissue is supplied in an innermost tube of the triple tube nozzle, wherein a lipophilic material is supplied in a middle tube of the triple tube nozzle, wherein an outer membrane forming material is supplied in an outermost tube of the triple tube nozzle, wherein the lipophilic material is selected from the group consisting of deep frying oils, salad oil, vitamin E, wheat germ oil, sesame oil, hardened oil having a melting point of 35° C. or less, cocao butter, butter, margarine, shortening, and fatty acid esters of sucrose, wherein the outer membrane forming material is at least one natural polymer selected from the group consisting of gelatin, agar, pectin, alginic acid, alginate, carrageenan, curdlan, starch, gellan gum, glucomannan, and mixtures thereof, and wherein the cell or the tissue can grow in the aqueous liquid.