Sterilizable tissue squeezing device and method

摘要

A sterilizable tissue squeezer is disclosed, comprising a forcing frame fixed to selectively vertically displaceable relative to the lid of a sterile culture vessel. The forcing frame has at its lower end a pair of tissue interface members which may be gradually and accurately adjusted toward and away from each other to provide a direct mechanical force to living tissue growing in sterile culture for manipulating the plane of cell division therein to afford possible control of the emergence of form and promote establishment of stems and roots in culture.