Cell culture and/or seeding device (10) comprising:

at least one culture chamber having at least one transparent optical window (11),

at least one fluid inlet (12) and at least one fluid outlet (13) communicating with the culture chamber,

at least one three-dimensional culture scaffold (20) arranged in the culture chamber, having surfaces (21, 22) spaced out along an axis (X) of the culture scaffold, the culture scaffold being arranged in the culture chamber in such a way as to be traversed from one surface to the other by the flow circulating between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, and in such a way that one of the surfaces thereof, preferably the fluid inlet face, is situated at least partially facing the optical window (11).

There is provided an incubator including an accommodation space that is shielded from an external environment, an environmental control unit that controls an environment of the inside of the accommodation space, a power supply unit that is provided in the accommodation space and transmits electric power to a power supply target in a noncontact state, and a partition wall that is provided in the accommodation space and shields electromagnetic waves radiated from the power supply unit.

A method and system of and for handling, preserving, separating, filtering, collecting, manipulating, and/or culturing ex vivo biological material including red blood cells, white blood cells, and blood plasma within a bioreactor having a gas permeable membrane that allows for passive ventilation.

There is provided a connector, for introducing or extracting a material to or from at least one receptacle, comprising a housing extending between a distal end and a proximal end, the housing comprising, at least at one end, a pierceable seal; a hollow needle mounted, at least partially, within the housing between the distal end and the proximal end of the housing, a first end of the hollow needle being connected or connectable to a first corresponding receptacle, and a second end of the hollow needle facing the pierceable seal at an end of the housing; and an actuating mechanism acting on the housing or the hollow needle to enable the hollow needle to pierce the pierceable seal thereby forming a communication through the pierceable seal, such that material is able to transfer through the connector.

A tool for fixating and handling membrane-shaped tissue for research or clinical use includes a platform having a base plate with at least one positioning element for positioning a spanning element on the platform, at least one round shaped spanning element adapted for being positioned on the platform using the positioning element, at least one flexible element for positioning over the round shaped spanning element for spanning the membrane shaped tissue, and at least one handling means for handling the flexible element during positioning of the flexible element over the round shaped spanning element, and for handling the combination of the round shaped spanning element and the flexible element, when the membrane is spanned over the round shaped spanning element.

The invention provides a skin culturing apparatus configured for biphasic culturing of mammalian skin and/or a mammalian skin substitute. The apparatus comprises a first chamber that is configured to provide a gaseous environment having a relative humidity below 90% and comprising less than 5% CO.sub.2, and a second chamber that is configured to provide tissue culture medium at a temperature of 33.0-37.5° C. and pH of 6.1-7.9. The invention also provides methods for culturing mammalian skin and/or skin substitutes, as well as methods for testing mammalian skin and/or mammalian skin substitutes cultured in the skin culturing apparatus.

The present invention relates to a pillar structure for a biochip. The pillar structure for a biochip according to the present invention is provided to form a biochip for analyzing a sample, which is a biological micromaterial such as a cell, together with a well plate configured to receive a culture solution, and the pillar structure includes: a pillar part having a seating surface on which a cell for culture is placed, and a light irradiation surface configured to be irradiated with light for observing the cell placed on the seating surface; and a plurality of holder parts extending in a state of being spaced apart from the pillar part and having an opening between the adjacent holder parts so that the culture solution is introduced between the holder parts.

The present invention relates to collapsible and/or foldable fermentation and/or culture vessels fabricated of an adjustable frame including sections of gas permeable material or in the alternative a non-rigid gas permeable polymeric container or bag fabricated of either a gas permeable or non-gas permeable material with the further benefit of more efficient inventory space and disposal space, wherein the gas permeable material or non-gas permeable material comprises an analyte or pH sensing material integrated or impregnated into at least one section of the material.

The microfluidic device of the present invention includes a plate having a first main surface that has an opening area in which a plurality of openings for injecting fluid are formed, a second main surface being the opposite side of the first main surface, and an outer side surface communicating the first main surface and the second main surface; and a reservoir that has an opening with a bottom and is capable of storing liquid, the opening standing above the first main surface outside the opening area.

An intelligent bacteria collection system includes a bottle opening module and a peristaltic pump module opposite to each other, wherein a guide rail is arranged between the bottle opening module and the peristaltic pump module, and a tray module is placed on the guide rail; a manipulator module and the peristaltic pump module are fixed on an infusion operation platform; a control infusion module is placed on the tray module, which can be moved to and fixed on the infusion operation platform by the manipulator module. The present invention replaces the conventional artificial bacteria collection process, makes the bacteria collection process more rapid, reduces the possible secondary pollution in the manual detection operation process, improves the accuracy of the bacteria collection detection, and improves the work efficiency. The present invention provides high degree of automation, wherein no manual operation is required in the bacteria collection process.