Culture vessel and cell culture device

1. A culture vessel having a housing space inside and used to culture cells within the housing space, the culture vessel including:

a vessel body having an opening portion that communicates with the housing space;

a lid that closes the opening portion; and

a nozzle that passes through the lid and extends to the housing space, and supplies a liquid culture medium and a gas together,

wherein the nozzle has a vent opening portion that is formed so as to open in a side wall of the nozzle and serves as a movement path of the gas from inside of the nozzle into the housing space,

wherein the vessel body has a ceiling portion that covers above the housing space, and

wherein the vent opening portion is formed so as to include an area above the ceiling portion.

2. The culture vessel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the vent opening portion is configured with a side wall opening portion formed continuously or discontinuously from a tip opening portion provided in a tip portion of the nozzle.

3. A culture vessel having a housing space inside and used to culture cells within the housing space, the culture vessel including:

a vessel body having an opening portion that communicates with the housing space;

a lid that closes the opening portion; and

a nozzle that passes through the lid and extends to the housing space, and supplies a liquid culture medium and a gas together,

wherein the nozzle has a vent opening portion that is formed so as to open in a side wall of the nozzle and serves as a movement path of the gas from inside of the nozzle into the housing space,

wherein the nozzle, on an inner face of the side wall, has a rib portion that protrudes toward an axial center of the nozzle, and

wherein the rib portion is formed across a boundary portion between a formation area where the vent opening portion is formed in the axial direction of the nozzle and a non-formation area where the vent opening portion is not formed.

4. The culture vessel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the lid includes an inner lid formed integrally with the nozzle, and an outer lid that is provided separately from the inner lid and fixes the inner lid by pressing the inner lid against the vessel body.

5. The culture vessel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the vessel body has a ceiling portion that covers above the housing space and a peripheral wall portion that covers the periphery of the housing space.

6. The culture vessel according to claim 5 ,

wherein the vessel body has a tubular portion that protrudes from the ceiling portion or the peripheral wall portion, and that protruding end forms the opening portion.

7. The culture vessel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the nozzle is provided so as to pass through a central position of the lid.

8. The culture vessel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the vessel body has a bottom portion that covers below the housing space, and

wherein a cell culture area is provided in a central side of the bottom portion, and a culture medium guide portion inclined downward toward the cell culture area is formed at a peripheral edge of the cell culture area.

9. The culture vessel according to claim 8 ,

wherein the vessel body has a ceiling portion that covers above the housing space, and a tubular portion that protrudes from the ceiling portion, that protruding end forming the opening portion,

wherein the tubular portion being formed so as to protrude upward from the ceiling portion, and

wherein the tubular portion and the nozzle being disposed at a position overlapping the culture medium guide portion when viewed in the vertical direction.

10. A cell culture device comprising a liquid feeding portion that supplies a liquid culture medium to a housing space of a culture vessel that cultures cells within the housing space, a liquid discharging portion that discharges the liquid culture medium from the housing space, a gas feeding portion that supplies gas to the housing space, a gas discharging portion that discharges the gas from the housing space, and a heat retaining portion that retains heat of the culture vessel,

the cell culture device being configured such that the liquid culture medium supplied from the liquid feeding portion and the gas supplied from the gas feeding portion are merged and supplied together,

wherein the culture vessel includes a vessel body having an opening portion that communicates with the housing space, a lid that closes the opening portion, and a nozzle for supply that passes through the lid and extends to the housing space,

wherein the nozzle has a vent opening portion that is formed so as to open in a side wall of the nozzle and serves as a movement path of the gas from inside of the nozzle into the housing space,

wherein the vessel body has a ceiling portion that covers above the housing space, and

wherein the vent opening portion is formed so as to include an area above the ceiling portion.

11. The cell culture device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the vent opening portion is configured with a side wall opening portion formed continuously or discontinuously from a tip opening portion provided in a tip portion of the nozzle.

12. A cell culture device comprising a liquid feeding portion that supplies a liquid culture medium to a housing space of a culture vessel that cultures cells within the housing space, a liquid discharging portion that discharges the liquid culture medium from the housing space a, gas feeding portion that supplies gas to the housing space, a gas discharging portion that discharges the gas from the housing space, and a heat retaining portion that retains heat of the culture vessel,

the cell culture device being configured such that the liquid culture medium supplied from the liquid feeding portion and the gas supplied from the gas feeding portion are merged and supplied together,

wherein the culture vessel includes a vessel body having an opening portion that communicates with the housing space, a lid that closes the opening portion, and a nozzle for supply that passes through the lid and extends to the housing space,

wherein the nozzle has a vent opening portion that is formed so as to open in a side wall of the nozzle and serves as a movement path if the has from inside of the nozzle into the housing space,

wherein the nozzle, on an inner face of the side wall, has a rib portion that protrudes toward an axial center of the nozzle, and

wherein the rib portion is formed across a boundary portion between a formation area where the vent opening portion is formed in the axial direction of the nozzle and a non-formation area where the vent opening portion is not formed.

13. The cell culture device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the lid includes an inner lid formed integrally with the nozzle, and an outer lid that is provided separately from the inner lid and fixes the inner lid by pressing the inner lid against the vessel body.

14. The cell culture device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the vessel body has a ceiling portion that covers above the housing space and a peripheral wall portion that covers the periphery of the housing space.

15. The cell culture device according to claim 14 ,

wherein the vessel body has a tubular portion that protrudes from the ceiling portion or the peripheral wall portion, and that protruding end forms the opening portion.

16. The cell culture device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the nozzle is provided so as to pass through a central position of the lid.

17. The cell culture device according to claim 11 ,

wherein the vessel body has a bottom portion that covers below the housing space, and

wherein a cell culture area is provided in a central side of the bottom portion, and a culture medium guide portion inclined downward toward the cell culture area is formed at a peripheral edge of the cell culture area.

18. The cell culture device according to claim 17 ,

wherein the vessel body has a ceiling portion that covers above the housing space, and a tubular portion that protrudes from the ceiling portion, that protruding end forming the opening portion,

wherein the tubular portion being formed so as to protrude upward from the ceiling portion, and

wherein the tubular portion and the nozzle being disposed at a position overlapping the culture medium guide portion when viewed in the vertical direction.