MICROINJECTION APPARATUS AND MICROINJECTION METHOD

摘要

Provided is a microinjection apparatus which can introduce a substance to be introduced at the same time into a plurality of cells with improved processing efficiency.  The microinjection apparatus introduces the substance into a material to which the substance is to be introduced, by inserting into the material a fine injection needle (11) inside of which is filled with the substance to be introduced.  The apparatus is provided with a container position adjusting means (1), an image pickup means (2), a position determining means (3), and a plurality of transfer means (4).  The container position adjusting means (1) adjusts the position of the container (12) containing the material to which the substance is to be introduced.  The image pickup means (2) picks up, through a lens (2a), the image of the inside of the container (12) of which the position is adjusted by means of the container position adjusting means (1).  The position determining means (3) determines the position of the material to which the substance is to be introduced, based on the image obtained from the image pickup means (2).  The plurality of transfer means (4) moves the injection needles (11) by each injection needle (11), corresponding to the positional information obtained from the position determining means (3).