Patent ID: 8822204

Claim:
A culture apparatus for microscope viewing enabling effective microscopic viewing a specimen placed on a stage of the microscope including a housing unit designed to accommodate a container holding a culture solution including the specimen therein, and a lid for closing an upper opening of the housing unit, with the housing unit having a lower opening of a size into which is removably fit a well plate and no heating plate narrowing the lower opening comprising: a transparent sheet top heater provided over a portion of the lid that corresponds to the viewing area; and a temperature detecting means in which a thin wire detector penetrates into the interior of the housing unit and further is immersed in the culture solution to measure the temperature of the culture solution supplied thereto directly; wherein the temperature of the transparent sheet top heater is controlled through a feedback method on the basis of the temperature information obtained from the temperature detecting means, and wherein no heating plate is placed in or below the lower opening.