Method for transferring cellular medicine using a cellular medicine transfer system
View Patent ↗A cellular medicine transfer system includes: an adapter for a cellular medicine container including a first flow channel and a second flow channel through each of which a liquid and cells can flow; a cellular medicine container to which the adapter is attached, and in which a cellular medicine to be transferred is stored; an administration medium storage container that communicates with the first flow channel, and in which an administration medium is stored; a collection container for collecting a cellular medicine, that communicates with the second flow channel of the adapter; and a powering device that imparts motive power for transferring the administration medium from the administration medium storage container through the first flow channel to the cellular medicine container, and for transferring the cellular medicine and the administration medium from the cellular medicine container through the second flow channel to the collection container.
1. A cellular medicine transfer method for transferring a cellular medicine using a cellular medicine transfer system, wherein the cellular medicine transfer system comprises:
an adapter for a cellular medicine container, the adapter being attachable to a cellular medicine container in which a cellular medicine is filled in advance, the adapter comprising a first flow channel and a second flow channel, in a state in which the adapter is attached to the cellular medicine container, the first flow channel and the second flow channel having one end communicating with inside of the cellular medicine container, and the first flow channel and the second flow channel having another end communicating with outside of the cellular medicine container, the first flow channel and the second flow channel both allowing a liquid and cells to flow therethrough, and the first flow channel and the second flow channel being different flow channels each other;
the cellular medicine container to which the adapter is attached, and which stores a cellular medicine to be transferred;
an administration medium storage container which stores an administration medium and which communicates with the first flow channel of the adapter;
a collection container for collecting the cellular medicine, that communicates with the second flow channel of the adapter; and
a powering device which imparts motive power for transferring the administration medium from the administration medium storage container to the cellular medicine container through the first flow channel, and for transferring the cellular medicine and the administration medium from the cellular medicine container to the collection container through the second flow channel, and wherein
the cellular medicine transfer method comprises:
disposing the administration medium storage container so that a side of the administration medium storage container that is a side communicating with the first flow channel is located downward;
disposing the cellular medicine container so that a side of the cellular medicine container that is a side at which the adapter is attached is located downward; and
transferring the administration medium from the administration medium storage container through the first flow channel to the cellular medicine container using the powering device, and transferring the cellular medicine and the administration medium from the cellular medicine container through the second flow channel to the collection container using the powering device.
2. The cellular medicine transfer method according to claim 1 , wherein the cellular medicine container has flexibility, and wherein
the cellular medicine transfer method comprises transferring the administration medium from the administration medium storage container through the first flow channel to the cellular medicine container by returning the cellular medicine container to an original state from a deformed state; and
transferring the cellular medicine and the administration medium from the cellular medicine container through the second flow channel to the collection container by deforming the cellular medicine container.