APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MACHINING MICROCHAMBER FOR CELL CULTURE

摘要

An apparatus and method for machining a microchamber having a desired culture
space. The apparatus comprises a microchamber and a light source. The
microchamber has two layers on a transparent substrate exhibiting no
significant absorption in the visible and infrared regions. The layer on the
substrate can be an absorption layer exhibiting absorption in the visible and
infrared regions. At least one of the two layers can be a layer made of a
substance which is gel at normal temperature, has a gel melting point of 100~C
or less, changes to sol when heated, and exhibits absorption to a specific
wavelength in the visible and infrared regions. If no absorption layer is
provided, at least such two gel layers are provided. The light source emits at
least a monochromatic light of the specific wavelength and is so disposed as
to illuminate the absorption layer and/or the gel layer.