APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING CELL MASS SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELL MASS SHEET

摘要

An apparatus 1 for producing a cell mass sheet is structured so as to produce a cell mass sheet 4 in which a plurality of cell masses 2 that have been planarly arranged on a mounting surface 13a in a culture container 3 are fused to each other by being cultured.;The apparatus includes guide means G that has a plurality of accommodating portions Ga which can accommodate the cell masses 2 therein, and suction nozzles 8 (supply means) that supply the cell masses 2 into the accommodating portions Ga of the guide means G, which are arranged on the mounting surface 13a; and is structured so that the suction nozzles 8 array the cell masses 2 on the mounting surface 13a, and after that, the guide means G retracts from the above the mounting surface 13a. ;The apparatus can produce a cell mass sheet that has a constant shape and also a uniform thickness.

主权项

1. An apparatus for producing a cell mass sheet, which produces a cell mass sheet in which a plurality of cell masses that have been planarly arranged on a mounting surface in a culture container are fused to each other by being cultured, characterized in that:
guide means that has a plurality of accommodating portions which can individually accommodate the cell masses therein, and supply means that supplies the cell masses into the accommodating portions of the guide means which has been placed on the mounting surface; wherein the supply means arrays the cell masses on the mounting surface, and then the guide means is retracted from above the mounting surface.