	US 11,905,507 B2
	Networked incubator operation
Howard Cannon, Boston, MA (US)
Assigned to Thrive Bioscience, Inc., Beverly, MA (US)
Filed by Thrive Bioscience, Inc., Beverly, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/179,493.
Application 17/401,225 is a division of application No. 15/773,651, granted, now 11,118,154, previously published as PCT/US2016/060722, filed on Nov. 4, 2016.
Application 18/179,493 is a continuation of application No. 17/401,225, filed on Aug. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,634,682.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/250,986, filed on Nov. 4, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0203424 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C12M 1/36 (2006.01); G16B 40/00 (2019.01); G16B 50/00 (2019.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01)

CPC C12M 41/48 (2013.01) [C12M 1/005 (2013.01); C12M 41/14 (2013.01); G16B 40/00 (2019.02); G16B 50/00 (2019.02)]

6 Claims

1. A method of facilitating a networked incubator operation, the method comprising:

providing an incubator connected to a network and configured with a cell imager therein;

automatically moving a cell culture vessel into a position wherein cells cultures within the vessel can be imaged;

automatically imaging the cell cultures to generate a plurality of images;

stitching the images together;

analyze the stitched together images to provide cell culture image analysis data;

communicating images and cell culture image analysis data from the incubator to the network;

storing the images and cell culture image analysis data in a database accessible to other devices connected to the network; and

using the image analysis data to predict cell growth and passaging time and to schedule imaging of the cells at the predicted passaging time.