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公开(公告)号:US20240309308A1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-19
申请号:US18430569
申请日:2024-02-01
发明人: Alan Blanchard
IPC分类号: C12M1/00 , C12M1/34 , C12M1/36 , G01N15/10 , G01N15/1433 , G01N15/1434 , G01N35/00 , G01N35/04
CPC分类号: C12M41/14 , C12M41/36 , C12M41/40 , C12M41/48 , G01N15/1433 , G01N35/00732 , G01N35/0099 , G01N2015/1006 , G01N2015/1454 , G01N2035/00356 , G01N2035/0463
摘要: Aspects of the invention relate to automated cell culture incubators. In some embodiments, automated cell culture incubators comprise an integrated manipulation device having one or more cell scrapers.
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公开(公告)号:US20240228936A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-11
申请号:US18539249
申请日:2023-12-13
发明人: Alan Blanchard
IPC分类号: C12M1/12 , C12M1/00 , C12M1/04 , C12M1/26 , C12M1/34 , C12M1/36 , C12M3/00 , C12M3/02 , C12M3/06
CPC分类号: C12M37/04 , C12M3/02 , C12M23/06 , C12M23/16 , C12M23/24 , C12M23/28 , C12M23/44 , C12M23/50 , C12M29/00 , C12M33/00 , C12M37/00 , C12M37/02 , C12M41/14 , C12M41/36 , C12M41/46 , C12M41/48 , C12M47/04
摘要: In some aspects, the invention relates to automated cell culture incubators and their methods of use. In one aspect, the disclosure provides cell culture incubators having an airlock chamber, a storage chamber and/or an internal chamber. In some aspects, the disclosure provides methods for producing autologous mammalian cell cultures.
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公开(公告)号:US20240095910A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-21
申请号:US18275171
申请日:2022-02-01
发明人: Kenneth CHAPMAN , Frank EVANS
CPC分类号: G06T7/0012 , G06T7/11 , G06T2207/30024
摘要: A plaque detection method and apparatus wherein at least one processor is programmed to receive above focus images to detect the presence of live cells without detecting the lysed cell materials, receive below focus images wherein virtual dark regions exist which are similar to cell shadows as seeds in a segmentation process and use contours around each resulting shape to obtain a subset that are more likely to be part of the cell population to define a cell map. A distance map is created in which each pixel value is the distance of that pixel from the nearest pixel of the cell map and the distance map is thresholded to create a first image of the places which are relatively far from the cells a second image with a smaller distance threshold to get an image that mimics the edges of the cells.
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公开(公告)号:US11846579B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-19
申请号:US16614495
申请日:2018-05-18
发明人: Kam Lin Wong , Melanie Scully
CPC分类号: G01N15/1434 , B01L9/00 , G01N1/30 , G01N15/1468 , G02B21/365 , G06V20/693 , G06V20/695 , B01L2200/18 , B01L2300/18 , B41M3/003 , G01N2001/302 , G01N2015/1006 , G01N2015/1445 , G01N2015/1486
摘要: According to at least one aspect, a system configured to count cells in a vessel is provided. The system comprises an imaging system configured to image cells in the vessel and a controller coupled to the imaging system. The controller is configured to control the imaging system to capture a focused image of the cells and estimate a number of cells in the focused image. The controller is configured to control the imaging system to capture a focused image of the cells at least in part by controlling the imaging system to capture a plurality of images of the cells in a plurality of focal planes, determining an area of at least one cell in each of the plurality of images, and selecting one image from the plurality of images as the focused image using the area of the at least one cell in the plurality of images.
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公开(公告)号:US20230321647A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-12
申请号:US18333495
申请日:2023-06-12
发明人: Alan Blanchard
CPC分类号: B01L3/0275 , C12M33/04 , C12M41/14 , C12M41/40 , B01L2200/0689 , B01L2300/123 , B01L2400/0481
摘要: Aspects of the invention relate to liquid transfer systems including a pipette tip having a body defining an inner volume and having first and second ends, the first end arranged to transfer a volume of liquid into and out of the pipette tip and the second end arranged for attachment to a pipette, and a bladder sealingly attached to the body. In some embodiments, the bladder is disposable in the inner volume. The bladder may be defined by a membranous sac and/or a planar membrane. The bladder may be moveable in response to an applied pressure to transfer liquid. The bladder also may be stretchable to accommodate a volume of fluid. In some embodiments, the pipette tip is used in a cell culture incubator, with a manipulator including a pipette that is in fluid communication with the pipette tip.
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公开(公告)号:US20230303959A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-28
申请号:US18326911
申请日:2023-05-31
发明人: Alan Blanchard
CPC分类号: C12M41/14 , C12M41/36 , C12M41/40 , C12M41/48 , G01N15/1463 , G01N35/00732 , G01N35/0099 , G01N2015/1006
摘要: A method and apparatus for incubating sperm, eggs, and/or embryos for in vitro fertilization placing at least one of sperm, eggs, and embryos in at least one cell culture vessel in an incubator chamber having windows with filters to filter out ultraviolet light, wherein interior surfaces of the chamber comprises material that prevents the growth of fungus, and wherein the chamber includes sensors for regulating the levels of oxygen, carbon dioxide and nitrogen in the chamber, transporting the at least one cell culture vessel from a storage location in the chamber to an imager at an imaging location in the chamber using an elevator; and repeatedly imaging at least one of the sperm, eggs, and the embryos in the imager while maintaining the levels of oxygen, carbon dioxide and nitrogen throughout the chamber.
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公开(公告)号:US20220382781A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-01
申请号:US17684369
申请日:2022-03-01
发明人: Howard Cannon , Thomas Forest Farb
IPC分类号: G06F16/27 , G06F21/62 , G06F16/907
摘要: A method and system for performing operations on cells on an instrument comprises providing a peer to peer network of instruments for performing operations on cells, maintaining a distributed database in at least a plurality of the instruments in the peer to peer network, storing at least one protocol in the database for use by at least one instrument in the peer to peer network for performing operations on cells and storing results from the performance of the operations on cells by the at least one instrument in the distributed database. The results stored in the distributed database is then usable to later authenticate the results from the at least one instrument.
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公开(公告)号:US20220259546A1
公开(公告)日:2022-08-18
申请号:US17688132
申请日:2022-03-07
发明人: Alan Blanchard
摘要: Aspects relate to an automated cell culture incubator and to methods for using such an incubator. In one aspect, the cell culture incubator includes an incubator cabinet having a transfer chamber and an internal chamber that are arranged to form an airlock configuration. In some embodiments, objects placed into the incubator cabinet are sterilized using ozone produced by an ozone generator. The incubator may include one or more transfer devices that move objects between the transfer chamber and the internal chamber.
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公开(公告)号:US20220089999A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-24
申请号:US17542368
申请日:2021-12-04
发明人: Howard Cannon , Thomas Forest Farb
摘要: A data collection hub and method wherein a controller is configured to receive data from a plurality of sensors sensing conditions related to the performance of operations on cells by at least one instrument. A database stores the data from the plurality of sensors and the controller is configured to compare data from the plurality of sensors for a past operation with the data for a more recent operation.
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公开(公告)号:US20220089997A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-24
申请号:US17490992
申请日:2021-09-30
发明人: Alan Blanchard
摘要: In some aspects, the invention relates to automated cell culture incubators and their methods of use. In one aspect, the disclosure provides cell culture incubators having an airlock chamber, a storage chamber and/or an internal chamber. In some aspects, the disclosure provides methods for producing autologous mammalian cell cultures.
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