An analysis device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image of a cell and an identification unit configured to identify elements that are identifiable on the basis of the image of cell acquired by the acquisition unit. Characteristic quantities of the elements identified by the identification unit are calculated, a correlation between the characteristic quantities is calculated on the basis of the calculated characteristic quantities of the elements, and a correlation between the elements is calculated on the basis of the calculated correlation between the characteristic quantities.

Disclosed herein are platforms, systems, and methods including a cell culture system that includes a cell culture container comprising a cell culture, the cell culture receiving input cells, a cell imaging subsystem configured to acquire images of the cell culture, a computing subsystem configured to perform a cell culture process on the cell culture according to the images acquired by the cell imaging subsystem, and a cell editing subsystem configured to edit the cell culture to produce output cell products according to the cell culture process.

Devices and methods are provided for determining viability and/or a cell counts of biological cells in a cell suspension culture using collimated transmission. Devices can include an illumination source for generating an electromagnetic illumination beam; beam manipulation means for collimating the illumination beam; and a detection unit for detecting an electromagnetic transmission beam being a portion of the collimated illumination beam which has been transmitted through a sample of the cell suspension culture.

There is provided an apparatus comprising a receptacle to receive a sample. A sample dispenser dispenses the sample into the receptacle and an image capture device captures an image of the sample in the receptacle. Processing circuitry processes the image to determine whether the receptacle contains zero cells, exactly one cell, or more than one cell. In response to the processor determining that the receptacle contains zero cells, the processing circuitry causes the sample dispenser to dispense a further sample into the receptacle.

An imaging system and method for microbial growth detection, counting or identification. One colony may be contrasted in an image that is not optimal for another type of colony. The system and method provides contrast from all available material through space (spatial differences), time (differences appearing over time for a given capture condition) and color space transformation using image input information over time to assess whether microbial growth has occurred for a given sample.

To provide a closed system culture vessel for realizing culturing in which an aseptic state is maintained at the time of culturing, and making the reduction of the shear stress generated during conveyance after manufacturing possible. A closed system culture vessel 201 holds a second vessel 302 consisting of an insert vessel on the inside of a first vessel 301, and a lid portion 303 of the closed system culture vessel 201 forms a closed space with the first vessel 301 and has a convex portion 305 contacting the entire outer circumference of the second vessel 302. During conveyance, the closed system culture vessel is conveyed in a state in which the culture medium for conveyance is filled within the second vessel 302.

A cell processing system includes a processor connectable to a source container filled with a biological fluid and one or more wash media containers. The processor includes a separator connectable to the source container and a product container, the separator configured to separate the biological fluid from the source container into at least two streams. In addition, a controller is coupled to the processor and configured to: cause the separator to separate the biological fluid into at least two streams, direct one of the at least two streams into the product container, subsequently pause processing of the biological fluid, after pausing, determine a measured cell count in the product container, and add fluid to the product container from the wash media containers as a function of the measured cell count in the product container while the product container is connected to the wash media containers.

The present invention is directed to a system and method for transferring specimen containers between detection instruments. The method may include transporting a specimen container in a locator well to a container transfer station in a first automated detection apparatus; sensing the specimen container at the container transfer station using a first sensor; transferring the specimen container from the container transfer station of the first automated microbial detection apparatus to an automated loading mechanism of a second automated microbial detection apparatus; detecting that the specimen container is positioned over the automated loading mechanism of the second automated microbial detection apparatus using a second sensor; and releasing the specimen container onto the automated loading mechanism of the second automated microbial detection apparatus.

Provided is a cell culture vessel which allows resolution to be high in a Z-axis direction. A cell culture vessel (1) for accommodating a cell or cell tissue therein includes: a frame part (11) which is provided so as to be located at positions that correspond to respective sides of a polyhedral shape; a window part (12) which is light-transmissive and which is provided so as to be located at positions that correspond to a respective plurality of faces out of faces of the polyhedral shape; and a shaft part (17) which extends, from any of vertices of the polyhedral shape, outward in a direction that is not parallel to any of lines normal to the faces of the polyhedral shape.

Systems and methods are provided for selecting colony locations. Selecting colony locations can include determine a location of a selection tool on a culture plate image, determining a location of a potential source of error on the culture plate image, comparing the location of the selection tool to the location of the potential source of error; and determining an error when the location of the selection tool overlays the location of the potential source of error.