CN219533800U - Biological incubator and recognition system - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a biological incubator, which comprises an incubator body and an identification component, wherein the incubator body is provided with a plurality of culture cabins, a signal isolation piece is arranged between the culture cabins, the identification component comprises RFID tags and RFID antennas, when a culture dish is put into the culture cabins, the RFID tags are arranged on the side walls of the culture dish, the RFID antennas are arranged on the side walls of the culture cabin, face the RFID tags, and when the culture dish is put into the culture dish, the RFID antennas can automatically trigger and scan the RFID tags so as to identify relevant information of the culture dish, the simplicity of information inputting operation of the culture dish is improved, and the signal isolation piece can ensure that the RFID antennas of each culture cabin can only read the RFID tag information in the corresponding cabin without misreading other cabins, so that the possibility of information recording errors is reduced, the simplicity of operation of the culture dish in the process of putting into the culture dish is improved, and the reliability of sample results is facilitated to be ensured.

Description

Biological incubator and recognition system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of biological culture, in particular to a biological incubator and a recognition system.

Background

The biological incubator is widely applied to the research fields of cell and tissue culture and the culture of certain special microorganisms, such as cytokinetic research, collection of secretion of mammalian cells, cancerogenic or toxicological effects of various physical and chemical factors, research and production of antigens, antibody production by cultured hybridoma cells, in Vitro Fertilization (IVF), stem cells, tissue engineering, drug screening and the like.

At present, related information is usually input in a manual code scanning mode before the culture dish is placed in the incubator, and then the culture dish is placed in the incubator for culture, so that the operation is inconvenient; the tracking of the culture process is mostly performed by adopting a manual recording mode, and the possibility of information recording errors is increased aiming at untimely or inaccurate recording of the beginning and the ending of each culture stage, so that the sample culture result in the culture dish is influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

Based on the above, it is necessary to provide a biological incubator for solving the problems that information is inconvenient to record on a culture dish in the existing incubator and recording errors are easy to occur.

The utility model provides a biological incubator, comprising:

the box body is provided with a plurality of culture cabins, and signal isolating pieces are arranged among the culture cabins;

the identification component comprises an RFID tag and an RFID antenna, wherein the RFID tag is arranged on the side wall of the culture dish, the RFID antenna is arranged on the side wall of the culture cabin, and the RFID antenna faces towards the side wall of the culture dish.

In one embodiment, the signal isolator includes a signal isolator plate including a first face facing the RFID antenna, the first face having a surface area greater than a surface area of the RFID antenna.

In one embodiment, the RFID tag is provided with a first surface, the culture dish is provided with a first side wall, and the first surface is provided on the first side wall.

In one embodiment, the RFID antenna includes at least two RFID antennas, the center points of the two RFID antennas are O and P, the center point of the culture chamber is R, and the three points of the R point, the O point, and the P point are not arranged in a collinear manner.

In one embodiment, the connection line between the O point and the R point and the connection line between the P point and the R point are perpendicular.

In one embodiment, the tank body includes:

a top layer, the culture cabin being disposed on the top layer;

the support piece is arranged between the bottom surface layer and the top surface layer, one end of the support piece is connected with the top surface layer, the other end of the support piece is connected with the bottom surface layer, the support piece is configured as an RFID (radio frequency identification) controller, and the RFID controller is respectively electrically connected with a plurality of RFID antennas.

In one embodiment, the case body is provided with a display member electrically connected to the RFID controller.

The utility model also provides a biological culture recognition system, which comprises:

the biological incubator described above; and

and the server is electrically connected with the RFID antenna.

In one embodiment, the biological growth recognition system further includes a print, the print being electrically coupled to the server.

In one embodiment, the biological growth recognition system further includes an alarm, the alarm being electrically connected to the server.

Above-mentioned biological incubator, when putting into the culture dish, the RFID antenna can trigger automatically and scan the RFID label to this relevant information of discernment culture dish, simultaneously can record the culture dish and put into, leave the time of bin, the current culture stage that the cell corresponds in the culture dish through the RFID antenna, increase the convenience of culture dish input information operation, rethread signal isolation piece, can ensure that the RFID antenna of every culture cabin can only read the RFID label information in the corresponding cabin, can not misread the label in other cabins, the possibility of information record mistake has been reduced, the convenience of the operation of culture dish putting into the incubator in-process has been improved, be favorable to guaranteeing the reliability of sample result.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a biological incubator according to some embodiments of the present utility model.

FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of the biological incubator of FIG. 1 in a top view.

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the biological growth chamber of FIG. 1 with the display removed.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged partial schematic view at a in fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a partially enlarged schematic view at B in fig. 3.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a portion of the biological growth chamber of FIG. 3.

FIG. 7 is an exploded view of a culture dish and RFID tag according to some embodiments of the utility model.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart of an identification system according to some embodiments of the utility model.

Reference numerals:

100. a biological incubator; 110. a case body; 1110. a top layer; 1111. an RFID controller; 1120. a bottom layer; 111. a culture cabin; 111a, a second sidewall; 111b, a third sidewall; 111c, a hatch; 112. a signal isolator; 113. a display member; 120. an identification component; 1210. an RFID tag; 1211. a first surface; 1220. an RFID antenna; 200. a culture dish; 201. a first sidewall; 300. a server; 400. printing a piece; 500. and an alarm.

Detailed Description

In order that the above objects, features and advantages of the utility model will be readily understood, a more particular description of the utility model will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present utility model. The present utility model may be embodied in many other forms than described herein and similarly modified by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the utility model, whereby the utility model is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.

In the description of the present utility model, it should be understood that, if any, these terms "center", "longitudinal", "transverse", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", etc., are used herein with respect to the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, these terms refer to the orientation or positional relationship for convenience of description and simplicity of description only, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the utility model.

Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, if any, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present utility model, the terms "plurality" and "a plurality" if any, mean at least two, such as two, three, etc., unless specifically defined otherwise.

In the present utility model, unless explicitly stated and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly. For example, the two parts can be fixedly connected, detachably connected or integrated; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly, through intermediaries, or both, may be in communication with each other or in interaction with each other, unless expressly defined otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

In the present utility model, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the meaning of a first feature being "on" or "off" a second feature, and the like, is that the first and second features are either in direct contact or in indirect contact through an intervening medium. Moreover, a first feature being "above," "over" and "on" a second feature may be a first feature being directly above or obliquely above the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is level higher than the second feature. The first feature being "under", "below" and "beneath" the second feature may be the first feature being directly under or obliquely below the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is less level than the second feature.

It will be understood that if an element is referred to as being "fixed" or "disposed" on another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. If an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," and the like as used herein, if any, are for descriptive purposes only and do not represent a unique embodiment.

The biological incubator is used for in vitro culture of cells/tissues by simulating a growth environment similar to that of the cells/tissues in a living body in the incubator, wherein the incubator requires a stable temperature (37 ℃), a stable CO2 level (5%), a constant pH value (pH value: 7.2-7.4) and a high relative saturation humidity (95%). At present, the biological incubator is widely applied to cell and tissue culture and culture of certain special microorganisms, and is commonly used in research fields such as cytokinetic research, collection of secretion of mammalian cells, cancerogenic or toxicological effects of various physical and chemical factors, research and production of antigens, antibody production by cultured hybridoma cells, in Vitro Fertilization (IVF), stem cells, tissue engineering, drug screening and the like.

However, before the culture dish in the incubator is placed in the incubator, patient information is usually input in a manual code scanning mode, and then the culture dish is placed in the incubator for culture, so that the operation is inconvenient; most of the culture processes still adopt a manual recording mode, some of the culture processes record information on the book, and some of the culture processes write on the culture cavity cover, so that information recording errors exist, and the hidden danger of sample culture results is affected.

Based on the above problems, the applicant provides a biological incubator and a biological recognition system, which reduces the possibility of information recording errors, improves the simplicity of operation in the process of placing a culture dish into the incubator, and is beneficial to ensuring the reliability of sample results by arranging an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) antenna and an RFID tag.

Referring to fig. 1 to 8, fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a biological growth chamber 100 according to some embodiments of the present utility model, fig. 2 is a partial perspective view of the biological growth chamber 100 according to some embodiments of the present utility model in a top view, fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the biological growth chamber 100 according to fig. 1 with a display 113 removed therefrom, fig. 4 is a schematic enlarged partial view of fig. 3 a, fig. 5 is a schematic enlarged partial view of fig. 3B, fig. 6 is a schematic partial view of the biological growth chamber 100 according to some embodiments of the present utility model, fig. 7 is an exploded view of a culture dish 200 and an RFID tag 1210 according to some embodiments of the present utility model, and fig. 8 is a flowchart of an identification system according to some embodiments of the present utility model.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2 again, the present utility model provides a biological cultivation and identification system, which mainly includes a biological cultivation box 100, the biological cultivation box 100 includes a box body 110 and an identification component 120, the box body 110 is provided with a plurality of cultivation cabins 111, a signal isolator 112 is disposed between the cultivation cabins 111, the identification component 120 includes an RFID tag 1210 and an RFID antenna 1220, when the cultivation dish 200 is placed in the cultivation cabin 111, the RFID tag 1210 is disposed on a side wall of the cultivation dish 200, the RFID antenna 1220 is disposed on a side wall of the cultivation cabin 111, and the RFID antenna 1220 is disposed towards the RFID tag 1210.

Above-mentioned biological incubator 100, when putting into culture dish 200, RFID antenna 1220 can trigger automatically and through scanning RFID label 1210 to this relevant information of discernment culture dish 200, simultaneously can record culture dish 200 put into, leave the time of bin, the current cultivation stage that the cell corresponds in the culture dish 200 through RFID antenna 1220, increase the convenience of culture dish 200 input information operation, rethread signal isolator 112, and the good reading distance of settlement, can ensure that the RFID label 1210 information in every culture cabin 111 can only be read corresponding cabin, can not misread the label in other cabins, the possibility of information recording mistake has been reduced, the operational simplicity of culture dish 200 put into the culture box in-process has been improved, be favorable to guaranteeing the reliability of sample result.

Referring again to fig. 3 and 5, in particular, the conventional technology generally attaches an RFID tag 1210 to the bottom of the culture dish 200, and an RFID antenna 1220 is also provided on the bottom of the culture dish 200, so that the RFID tag 1210 on the bottom of the culture dish 200 affects the observation of the sample under the microscope, although the RFID reading is facilitated. Meanwhile, due to the small interval between the incubation cabins 111, the RFID antenna 1220 can easily read the RFID tags 1210 in a plurality of cabins at the same time, and it is difficult to locate the cabin in which the sample is located, and it is more difficult to bind the sample with the cabin.

Referring again to fig. 3 and 4, in some embodiments, the signal isolation member 112 includes a signal isolation plate, and any two culture chambers 111 are separated by the signal isolation plate.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the signal isolation member 112 includes a signal isolation plate, a signal isolation capacitor, a signal isolator, and other elements capable of isolating signals, specifically, the culture compartment includes a cover 111c, the main body portion of the culture compartment 111 is located below the cover 111c, the signal isolation plate is disposed around the main body portion of the culture compartment 111, and the signal isolation member 112 can reduce mutual interference of the RFID antennas 1220 on the culture dish 200 and prevent misreading of information of the culture dish 200 of other culture compartments 111 except the present compartment.

Alternatively, in some embodiments, the culture chambers 111 may include a plurality of culture chambers, or may include only one culture chamber, and how many culture chambers are specifically configured may be configured according to actual use requirements, which is not limited in the present utility model. Specifically, in one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the culture chambers are configured to be 6, and the 6 culture chambers not only can meet reasonable air supply and culture environments, but also can reasonably utilize resources, so that it is ensured that as many experimental samples as possible can be obtained in one experiment.

Referring again to fig. 3, 5 and 6, in some embodiments, the RFID antenna 1220 includes at least two RFID antennas 1220, and the two RFID antennas 1220 are disposed on the side wall of the incubation chamber 111. Specifically, by providing two RFID antennas 1220, the RDIF tags provided on all of the dishes 200 in the incubation compartment 111 can be read more comprehensively, and the dead reading angles of the RDIF tags can be reduced.

In some embodiments, one of the RFID antennas 1220 has a center point O, the other RFID antenna 1220 has a center point P, the culture chamber 111 has a center point R, the line between the O point and the R point is perpendicular to the line between the P point and the R point.

Specifically, in one embodiment, the culture compartment 111 further includes a second side wall 111a and a third side wall 111b that are perpendicular to each other, two RFID antennas are disposed on the outer sides of the second side wall 111a and the third side wall 111b, respectively, and at this time, the O point and the P point are disposed on the two signal spacers 112, respectively, so as to meet the connection between the O point and the R point, and the connection between the P point and the R point, so that the RFID tags 1210 on different culture dishes 200 always have complete projections on one of the RDIF antennas 1220 even if the orientation is not uniform, and further reducing the reading dead angle.

Referring again to fig. 3, in some embodiments, the case body 110 includes a top surface layer 1110 and a bottom surface layer 1120, the culture compartment 111 is disposed on the top surface layer 1110, an RFID controller 1111 is disposed between the bottom surface layer 1120 and the top surface layer 1110, one end of the RFID controller 1111 is connected to the top surface layer 1110, and the other end of the RFID controller 1111 is connected to the bottom surface layer 1120. Specifically, on the one hand, the volume of the RFID controller is larger, and the RFID controller can act as a supporting function, and on the other hand, the RFID controller is arranged in the box body 110, so that a plurality of antennas can be cooperatively controlled, and meanwhile, the volume of the biological incubator 100 is reduced, and the problem of inconvenient use caused by the cumbersome volume is solved.

Referring again to fig. 1 and 3, in one embodiment, the case body 110 is provided with a display member 113, and the display member 113 is electrically connected to the RFID antenna 1220, specifically, the display member 113 includes a display screen, a display, and other display elements capable of displaying information of the RDIF tag read by the RFID antenna 1220. More specifically, the display 113 may simultaneously display sample information within each culture compartment 111, such as: patient name, medical history, sample placement time, incubation start time, current incubation period, expected end time of this period, etc.

Referring again to FIG. 7, in some embodiments, RFID tag 1210 is provided with a first surface 1211 and culture dish 200 is provided with a first sidewall 201, with first surface 1211 fixedly disposed on first sidewall 201.

Specifically, in some embodiments, the first surface 1211 is configured as an inner surface of the RFID tag 1210, the first sidewall 201 is configured as an outer surface of the culture dish 200, and the connection between the RFID tag 1210 and the culture dish 200 is accomplished by means of adhesion, and when the tag is discarded, only the corresponding tag needs to be torn off from the culture dish 200, so that the culture dish 200 can be reused, which is beneficial to reducing economic costs.

Referring again to fig. 8, as a preferred embodiment of the present utility model, the present utility model also provides a biological growth recognition system, comprising a biological growth chamber 100 and a server 300, wherein the server 300 is electrically connected to an RFID antenna 1220.

Optionally, the server 300 includes a 4G (fourth generation mobile communication) base station, a 5G (fifth generation mobile communication) base station, WI-FI (wireless networking technology) and other terminals capable of receiving signals sent by the RFID antenna 1220 in the biological incubator 100, specifically, when the biological incubator 100 is connected to the server 300, information can be uploaded to the server 300 in time, and on one hand, the operation condition of the device and the incubation period of the sample can be grasped in real time by an external network or a 4G card connected to the server 300; on the other hand, when the culture stage is finished, the device can be reminded even if the device is not beside the device, and samples are processed in time, so that the possibility of misoperation is reduced.

In one embodiment, the biometric identification system further comprises a print 400, the print 400 being electrically connected to the server 300. Alternatively, the print 400 includes a printer, a piece of handwriting paper, and other recording devices capable of recording information transmitted from the RFID antenna 1220.

Preferably, the printer 400 is configured as a label printer, and when the biological incubator 100 and the label printer are connected to an information management system such as HIS (Hospital Information System ), LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System, laboratory information management system), or the like, the sample information can be retrieved by the information system when the RFID label 1210 is printed, and the information can be written to the RFID chip simultaneously when the label with the RFID chip is printed.

In one embodiment, the biological growth recognition system further includes an alarm 500, the alarm 500 being electrically connected to the server 300. Specifically, by electrically connecting the alarm 500 with the server 300, a function of realizing remote short message, telephone alarm or reminding can be realized, and the possibility of experimental accidents caused by unattended operation can be reduced.

Referring to fig. 1 to 8 again, a preferred embodiment of the present utility model is described below as an example, which is a working procedure of the biological incubator 100 and the biological recognition system provided in the present utility model:

when the culture dish 200 is placed, the RFID antenna 1220 automatically triggers the RFID tag 1210 disposed on the culture dish 200 to be scanned, so as to identify the relevant information of the culture dish 200, record the time when the culture dish 200 is placed in or leaves the warehouse, and the current culture stage corresponding to the cells in the culture dish 200. By the signal isolation member 112 and the set reading distance, it can be ensured that the RFID antenna 1220 of each culture compartment 111 can only read the RFID tag 1210 information in the corresponding compartment, so as to reduce the possibility of misreading the tags in other compartments, help the system determine the compartment corresponding to each culture dish 200, and automatically display the sample information in each compartment on the display member 113.

When the biological incubator 100 is connected with the server 300, related information is also sent to an upper computer or an HIS and LIMS system, information viewing and feedback of a plurality of terminals such as an incubator display screen, a network and a mobile phone are supported, and the running condition of equipment and the culture stage of the sample can be mastered in real time through an external network or a 4G card connected with the server 300, so that the functions of remote short message, telephone alarm or reminding are realized. And when the culture stage is finished, the device can receive a prompt even if the device is not beside the culture stage, and timely process samples, so that misoperation is reduced.

The technical features of the above-described embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, and all possible combinations of the technical features in the above-described embodiments are not described for brevity of description, however, as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features, they should be considered as the scope of the description.

The above examples illustrate only a few embodiments of the utility model, which are described in detail and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the claims. It should be noted that it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the utility model, which are all within the scope of the utility model. Accordingly, the scope of protection of the present utility model is to be determined by the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A biological incubator, characterized in that the biological incubator (100) comprises:

the box body (110), the box body (110) is provided with a plurality of culture cabins (111), and signal isolation pieces (112) are arranged among the culture cabins (111);

the identification component (120), the identification component (120) comprises an RFID tag (1210) and an RFID antenna (1220), the RFID tag (1210) is arranged on the side wall of the culture dish (200), and the RFID antenna (1220) is arranged on the side wall of the culture cabin (111).

2. The biological incubator of claim 1, wherein the signal isolation member (112) comprises a signal isolation plate by which any two of the culture compartments (111) are demarcated, the signal isolation plate being disposed surrounding the culture compartments (111).

3. The biological incubator of claim 1, wherein the RFID tag (1210) is provided with a first surface (1211), the culture dish (200) is provided with a first side wall (201), and the first surface (1211) is fixedly arranged on the first side wall (201).

4. A biological growth chamber according to claim 3, wherein said RFID antenna (1220) comprises at least two, two of said RFID antennas (1220) being spaced apart on a side wall of said growth chamber (111).

5. The biological incubator of claim 4, wherein the two RFID antennas (1220) have a center point of O and P, respectively, the culture compartment (111) has a center point of R, the line connecting the O point and the R point, and the line connecting the P point and the R point are perpendicular.

6. The biological incubator of claim 1, wherein the incubator body (110) comprises:

-a top layer (1110), the culture compartment (111) being arranged on the top layer (1110);

the RFID antenna comprises a bottom surface layer (1120), wherein an RFID controller (1111) is arranged between the bottom surface layer (1120) and the top surface layer (1110), one end of the RFID controller (1111) is connected with the top surface layer (1110), the other end of the RFID controller (1111) is connected with the bottom surface layer (1120), and the RFID controllers are respectively electrically connected with a plurality of RFID antennas (1220).

7. Biological incubator according to claim 6, characterized in that the incubator body (110) is provided with a display element (113), the display element (113) being electrically connected to an RFID controller.

8. A biological growth recognition system, the biological growth recognition system comprising:

the biological incubator (100) of any one of claims 1-7; and

-a server (300), said server (300) being electrically connected to said RFID antenna (1220).

9. The biological growth recognition system of claim 8, further comprising a print (400), the print (400) being electrically connected to the server (300).

10. The biological growth recognition system of claim 8, further comprising an alarm (500), the alarm (500) being electrically connected to the server (300).