Cell collection apparatus, cell collecting system, and cell collecting method

摘要

In order to pick up a sufficient amount of cells for a genetic test from a section of a biological tissue with a simple structure and a simple operation, provided is a cell collection apparatus comprising: a substrate which is provided to be dividable into a plurality of small pieces along a predetermined dividing line, and which has a flat surface to which a section of a biological tissue can be pasted; a sheet-shaped expandable member to which the substrate can be adhered in a detachable manner, and which is expandable in a direction along the surface; a expansion unit for expanding the expandable member in at least a region adhered with the substrate, in a direction along the surface; and a pickup unit for detaching and picking up the divided small pieces from the expandable member.

主权项

1. A cell collecting method comprising:
(a) pasting a section of a biological tissue on a surface of a substrate that is configured to be divided into a plurality of small pieces along a predetermined dividing line, while having the section bridged over the dividing line; (b) determining which of a small piece of substrate with a section of the biological tissue pasted thereon to pick up based on a shape of the biological tissue or a distribution of cells in the biological tissue; (c) dividing the substrate and the section of the biological tissue along the dividing line, by expanding the substrate pasted with the section in a direction along the surface, to form the small piece of substrate with a section of biological tissue pasted thereon; and (d) picking up one or more small pieces of the section that has been divided in the step (c) and determined for pick up in step (b).