Commercialized Inventions

A small and lightweight tube-pump system for automatic exchange of cell culture medium. The pump cassettes can be attached without screws, like a block toy, and stacked to achieve a compact size. The flow rate can be varied in the range of 0.1 to 2,000 μL/min.

The pump cassettes are autoclavable for aseptic treatment, leading to minimal contamination risk. In addition, the cassettes are disposable and can be incinerated.

Like pumps for artificial heart lung machines, blood cells and floating cells can be transferred and discharged without being crushed.

Because of its small size, the system can be operated in an incubator.