IP Library Granted Patent US 8,557,572
Granted Patent B2
US 8,557,572 · App. 13/527,054 · Granted Oct 15, 2013

Culture apparatus

Inventors: Kuniyoshi Kobayashi (Oizumi-machi, JP); Hiroki Busujima (Ota, JP); Yasuhiro Kikuchi (Ota, JP); Yuichi Tamaoki (Oizumi-machi, JP); Shinji Sugimoto (Ota, JP); Tetsuo Sakurai (Ota, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,557,572
App. No.
13/527,054
Granted
Oct 15, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A culture apparatus comprising: a fan configured to circulate air inside a culture chamber in a predetermined direction in the culture chamber; a duct configured to guide air circulating inside the culture chamber along a wall face inside the culture chamber from an upper part to a lower part of the culture chamber; and a gas generator detachable from a predetermined position at a lower part of the duct, the gas generator being configured to take in air discharged from a lower part of the duct and discharge together with the air taken in a hydrogen peroxide gas to sterilize the inside of the culture chamber generated from a hydrogen peroxide solution into the culture chamber.

Claims (10)

1. A culture apparatus comprising:

a culture chamber including a shelf on which culture is placed;

a fan configured to circulate air inside the culture chamber in a predetermined direction in the culture chamber;

a duct configured to guide air circulating inside the culture chamber along a wall face inside the culture chamber from an upper part to a lower part of the culture chamber; and

a gas generator including a tank in which a hydrogen peroxide solution is stored and an ultrasonic vibrator configured to atomize the hydrogen peroxide solution to generate a hydrogen peroxide gas for sterilizing the inside of the culture chamber,

the tank including an admission port configured to admit air into the tank and a discharge port configured to discharge the hydrogen peroxide gas into the culture chamber with the air admitted into the tank,

the duct including a wall plate and an air passage formed between the wall face and the wall plate,

the gas generator including a fixing plate configured to fix the gas generator onto the wall plate, the fixing plate being detachably engaged with the wall plate, and

the admission port being located on the duct side and the discharge port being located on the shelf side by engaging the fixing plate with the locking portion wall plate.

2. The culture apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the gas generator includes a plurality of legs configured to be in point contact with a bottom face of the culture chamber.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2015
From: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035210/0403 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2014
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032297/0668 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-218615 · Aug 27, 2008 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 12707122 · Feb 17, 2010
Continuation PCTJP2009064595 · Aug 20, 2009
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