Japanese society of Ova Research

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Vol.15 No.3

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Development of Automatic Micromanipulation System for Biological Cell Sorter
JMOR, 15(3) 167-172, 1998
DOI: 10.1274/jmor.15.167
1Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology, Kawasaki 213-0012, 2University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656 and 3Nihon University, Fujisawa 252-8510, Japan

A square case containing ova and culture medium was vibrated with a voice coil motor to concentrate the ova at the center of the case. Only those ova which conform to the memorized shape are then selected with a picture processing device and are positioned one by one at the point of a holding pipette. A system with the functions mentioned was experimentally constructed. This system can automatically position any ovum in a certain position, thereby shortening the time of the process to search out an ovum and position it at the point of the holding pipette.

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