Device and method used for micro-organism culture and growth monitoring

Abstract

The present invention discloses a device and a method used for micro-organism culture and growth monitoring. The device comprises a bracket, a horizontal transmission mechanism, a plurality of dish trays, a mechanical grasping mechanism, a camera module, an upper computer and a controller. The horizontal transmission mechanism is arranged in an annular hollow area of the bracket, the dish trays are arranged on the horizontal transmission mechanism, the mechanical grasping mechanism is arranged on the bracket, and the camera module is arranged on the mechanical grasping mechanism. A micro-organism growth monitoring and processing system used for judging whether micro-organism growth in a culture dish is completed is built in the upper computer, and the controller is respectively electrically connected or communicably connected with the horizontal transmission mechanism, the mechanical grasping mechanism, the camera module and the upper computer. The controller controls movement of the horizontal transmission mechanism, the mechanical grasping mechanism and the camera module, and communicates with the upper computer to complete sorting of microorganisms in the culture dishes on all the dish trays according to growth conditions. The device is simple to control and high in automation program, can effectively improve monitoring efficiency, and greatly reduces economic costs and timecosts.

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Technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of microorganism monitoring, in particular to a device and method for microorganism cultivation and growth monitoring. Background technique [0002] Precise monitoring of the growth process of microorganisms and timely treatment of the microorganisms that have grown are of great significance in the biopharmaceutical industry to grasp the efficiency and performance of the growth of microorganisms. At present, the commonly used process of monitoring the growth of microorganisms is: placing multiple petri dishes in a constant temperature experiment box, and the experimenter estimates the approximate time required for the growth of the microorganisms. When the growth of the microorganisms is expected to complete, remove the petri dishes from the constant temperature experiment box Put it into the scanner, the scanner scans the microorganisms in the petri dish in real time and generates images, and judges the growth of the micr...

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[0004] The purpose of the present invention is to overcome the above-mentioned deficiencies in the prior art and provide a device and method for microbial cultivation and growth monitoring, which can realize automatic cycle monitoring of microbial culture dishes. The petri dishes are classified according to the growth of microorganisms, which overcomes the defects of time-consuming, laborious and inaccurate monitoring in the existing manual monitoring

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