METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELL-CONTAINING EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX, CELL CULTURE METHOD, DEVICE FOR PRODUCING CELL-CONTAINING EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX AND CONTROL PROGRAM

摘要

A method for producing a cell-containing extracellular matrix, said method comprising: preparing an extracellular matrix solution, which contains (i) an extracellular matrix precursor and (ii) cells or a cell mass, inside a pipette having a tip opening; discharging the extracellular matrix solution; forming a drop of the extracellular matrix solution at the tip opening of the pipette; bringing the tip opening of the pipette close to a culture surface of a cell culture container; placing the drop on the culture surface while avoiding contact between the tip opening of the pipette and the culture surface; moving the tip opening of the pipette away from the culture surface; separating the drop from the tip opening of the pipette; and gelling the extracellular matrix solution to thereby form a cell-containing extracellular matrix.