JP2010239891A - Apparatus for adipose tissue separation - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To sufficiently separate and remove a tumescent liquid from an adipose tissue swollen with a tumescent liquid. <P>SOLUTION: The apparatus 1 for adipose tissue separation includes a retention portion 2 for holding a bag-like container 3 having an outlet 3b and composed of a flexible material with the outlet 3b facing downward, suction means 5 connected to the outlet 3b and for sucking the container 3 into a reduced pressure state, a partition member 7 that is movably arranged between an adjacent position to press the intermediate position of the side of the container 3 held by the retention portion 2 in the height direction approximately in the horizontal direction in the whole width and making the inside of the intermediate position approach the inside of opposing position with forming a very small gap and a release position to release the side, and pressing means 7 and 8 for pressing a part higher than the intermediate position of the side so as to reduce the volume. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an adipose tissue separation device.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an apparatus is known in which adipose tissue collected from the body is decomposed with a digestive enzyme and fat-derived cells are separated from the adipose tissue and extracted (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2). After treating the adipose tissue in the container with a treatment liquid such as a washing solution or a digestive enzyme solution, these treatment waste liquids are discharged from the container while restricting the discharge of the adipose tissue by a filter provided in the container.

  Further, as a method for collecting adipose tissue, a tumecent method using a physiological saline (hereinafter referred to as a tumecent solution) to which an anesthetic agent, a hemostatic agent or the like is added is known. In the tumecent method, a tumecent solution is injected into a body of adipose tissue to swell the adipose tissue, and the adipose tissue combined with each other is loosened and sucked with a cannula or the like, thereby collecting the adipose tissue together with the tumecent solution.

International Publication No. 2005/012480 Pamphlet International Publication No. 2000/077164 Pamphlet

  However, the adipose tissue collected by the tumecent method is swollen with the tumecent liquid contained therein, and as in Patent Documents 1 and 2, the tumecent liquid is sufficiently separated from the adipose tissue only by the passage of the filter. It is difficult to remove. Therefore, it is difficult to accurately measure the net amount of the collected adipose tissue, and there are disadvantages such as the processing conditions such as the amount of digestive enzyme to be used are not accurately known.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an adipose tissue separation apparatus capable of sufficiently separating and removing a tumecent liquid from a fat tissue swollen by a tumecent liquid. .

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following means.
In the present invention, a bag-like container having a discharge port and made of a flexible material is connected to the holding unit that holds the discharge port facing downward, and is sucked into the container in a reduced pressure state. The inner surface at a position where the suction means and the side surface of the container held by the holding portion are pressed in a substantially horizontal direction over substantially the entire width at a midway position below the approximate center in the height direction, and the inner surface of the side surface is opposed The partition member is movably provided between a proximity position where a small gap is provided between and a release position where the side surface is released, and the volume is reduced above the middle position of the side surface of the container. An adipose tissue separation device is provided that includes pressing means for pressing onto a fat tissue.

  According to the present invention, when the container containing the adipose tissue and the tumecent liquid separated in layers is held by the holding unit and the partition member is moved to the close position and sucked by the suction means, the partition member vertically partitions the partition member. In addition, leaving the adipose tissue above the inside of the container, the layer-separated tumescent liquid can be discharged from the discharge port.

  In this case, the container that is in a decompressed state after the layer-separated tumescent liquid is discharged is in a state where the inner surfaces are in close contact with each other except for the portion where the adipose tissue remains, and the partition member may be moved to the release position. Adipose tissue position is maintained. Then, when the side surface of the container is pressed by the pressing means, the adipose tissue is compressed, and the tumenic liquid contained in the adipose tissue leaks from the adipose tissue and flows out to the discharge port according to the suction. As a result, the tumecent liquid contained in the swollen adipose tissue can be sufficiently separated from the adipose tissue and removed.

In the above invention, the partition member is movable in the middle position of the side surface of the container to a contact position where the inner surfaces are in close contact with each other, and is provided so as to be movable upward while being disposed in the contact position. Also good.
By doing in this way, even if the fat tissue arranged above the partition member is moved to a position further away from the discharge port and the fat tissue is pressed by the pressing means and spreads downward in the vertical plane, the discharge port Can be prevented from being discharged from. Further, by moving the adipose tissue upward together with the tumecent liquid fractionated above the partition member, the adipose tissue having high viscosity can be easily moved in the container.

Moreover, in the said invention, the said holding | maintenance part is arrange | positioned along a substantially vertical direction, is provided with the support plate which supports one side surface of the said container, The said partition member is substantially the same as the horizontal width dimension of the side surface of the said container. Or it has a length longer than that, and is disposed substantially horizontally and substantially parallel to the support plate with the container sandwiched between the support plate and movable in the front-rear direction with respect to the support plate. It may be a bar-shaped member.
By doing in this way, only by moving a rod-shaped member to the front-back direction, it can be set as the state partitioned and released in the up-down direction, and the structure and operation | movement of a partition member can be simplified.

Moreover, in the said invention, the said press means may be provided with the moving mechanism to which the said rod-shaped member is moved to an up-down direction in the front-back direction position which presses the side surface of the said container.
By doing in this way, if the inside of a container is made into the pressure reduction state, it will be moved to the up-down direction along this side surface, pressing the side surface of a container with a rod-shaped member. Thereby, it is possible to compress the adipose tissue with a simple configuration and operation.

Moreover, in the said invention, the said holding | maintenance part is arrange | positioned along a substantially perpendicular direction, It equips with the support plate which supports one side surface of the said container, The said press means has the said container between the said support plates. You may provide the press surface arrange | positioned on both sides and provided with the said support plate so that a movement in the front-back direction was possible.
By doing so, it is possible to efficiently press the more adipose tissue at a time and efficiently leak the tumecent liquid from the adipose tissue.

Moreover, in the said invention, the said press surface may have a lateral width dimension smaller than the lateral width dimension of the side surface of the said container.
By doing in this way, the area | region extended in the vertical direction which is not pressed by a press surface arises in the side end in a container, and the tumecent liquid which leaked from the fat tissue along the inside of this area | region moves to a discharge port. Thereby, the tumecent liquid leaked upward from the adipose tissue can also be efficiently moved toward the discharge port to facilitate the discharge of the tumecent liquid.

Further, in the above invention, based on the height direction position of the interface detected by the interface detection means, the interface detection means for detecting the height direction position of the interface between the adipose tissue and the tumecent liquid contained in the container. And a moving means for moving the partition member in the vertical direction.
In this way, the partition member is moved by the moving means below the interface detected by the interface detecting means. Thereby, the whole layer of fat tissue can be arranged above the partition member to partition the inside of the container and prevent the fat tissue from being discharged from the inside of the container.

Moreover, in the said invention, you may provide the stirring mechanism which stirs the inside of the said container hold | maintained at the said holding | maintenance part.
In this way, after sufficiently separating and removing the tumecent liquid from the adipose tissue, the adipose tissue treatment liquid is supplied into the container and the adipose tissue and the treatment liquid are agitated by the agitation mechanism, and the adipose tissue Separation and processing can be performed in succession.

  In addition, the present invention provides a bag-like container having a discharge port and made of a flexible material, connected to the discharge port, a holding unit that holds the discharge port facing downward, and the inside of the container is in a decompressed state. The suction means for sucking and the intermediate position in the height direction of the side surface of the container held by the holding portion are pressed in a substantially horizontal direction over substantially the entire width, and a minute gap is formed between the inner surface at the position opposite to the inner surface at the intermediate position. An adipose tissue separation device is provided that includes a partition member that is spaced from each other.

  According to the present invention, when holding the container containing the adipose tissue and the tumescent liquid in the holding portion, and by sucking the inside of the container by the suction means in a state where the inside of the container is partitioned in the vertical direction by the partition member, Adipose tissue separated from the tumecent liquid can be obtained above the partition member.

  In this case, if the suction is further continued after the layer-separated tumescent liquid is discharged from the container, the adipose tissue disposed above the partition member is sucked toward the discharge port. The position of the adipose tissue is held by the partition member, and the tumecent liquid contained in the adipose tissue leaks from the adipose tissue, passes through the minute gap on the inner surface, and is discharged from the discharge port. Thereby, it is possible to sufficiently separate and remove the tumecent liquid from the adipose tissue swollen by the tumecent liquid.

In the above invention, based on the height direction position of the interface detected by the interface detection means, the interface detection means for detecting the height direction position of the interface between the adipose tissue and the tumecent liquid contained in the container, You may provide the moving means to which the said partition member is moved to an up-down direction.
Moreover, in the said invention, you may provide the stirring mechanism which stirs the inside of the said container hold | maintained at the said holding | maintenance part.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to sufficiently separate and remove the tumecent liquid from the adipose tissue swollen with the tumecent liquid.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of an adipose tissue separation device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure explaining the operation | movement of the fat tissue separation apparatus of FIG. 1, (a) When the inside of a liquid bag is partitioned up and down, (b) When a fat tissue is brought close to an upper end, (c) It compresses a fat tissue Shows each time. It is a figure which shows the modification of the fat tissue separation apparatus of FIG.

An adipose tissue separation device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 1, the adipose tissue separation device 1 according to the present embodiment includes a heat insulating box (holding unit) 2 having a door 2 a on the front surface and a liquid bag 3 installed therein, and the liquid bag 3. A supply pump 4 for supplying cleaning liquid, a discharge pump (suction means) 5 for discharging waste liquid in the liquid bag 3, a shaker (stirring mechanism) 6 for shaking the liquid bag 3 in a horizontal plane, and a door 2a A roller (partition member, rod-like member, pressing means) 7 disposed substantially horizontally on the inner surface and a moving mechanism 8 for moving the roller 7 in a direction perpendicular to the inner surface of the door 2a and in the vertical direction are provided.

  The heat insulation box 2 is a rectangular parallelepiped, and the door 2a can be opened and closed with one side end connected to an adjacent side surface by a hinge. In the heat insulating box 2, a hook 2b for suspending the liquid bag 3 and a back plate (support plate) 2c for supporting the back surface of the liquid bag 3 suspended on the hook 2b are provided. The back plate 2 c has a width that is sufficiently larger than the width of the liquid bag 3, and supports the entire back surface of the liquid bag 3.

The liquid bag 3 is made of a flexible material and has a sealed inside having a supply port 3a and a discharge port 3b, and is suspended on the hook 2b with the supply port 3a and the discharge port 3b facing downward.
The supply pump 4 and the discharge pump 5 are respectively arranged in the middle of the tubes 9 outside the heat insulation box 2, and each tube 9 penetrates a base 6 a (described later) of the shaker 6 and a bottom surface of the heat insulation box 2. The holes are connected to the supply port 3a and the discharge port 3b of the liquid bag 3 through the holes. Further, the discharge pump 5 has a suction force that can sufficiently depressurize the liquid bag 3. Valves V <b> 1 and V <b> 2 are provided in the middle positions of the tubes 9, respectively.

The shaker 6 includes a base 6a that supports the bottom of the liquid bag 3 suspended on the hook 2b, and a motor 6b that rotates the base 6a around an eccentric axis in a horizontal plane while maintaining the posture. ing.
The motor 6b has a shaft 6c fixed substantially perpendicularly to the bottom surface of the base 6a arranged substantially horizontally, and the shaft 6c is translated and rotated along a predetermined circumferential orbit in a horizontal plane. .

  The liquid bag 3 containing the adipose tissue A and the tumescent fluid B collected from the body by the tumecent method is suspended on the hook 2b, and the supply port 3a and the discharge port 3b are connected to the tube 9 and installed in the heat insulating box 2. When the liquid bag 3 is allowed to stand, the adipose tissue A and the tumecent liquid B are separated into layers upward and downward, respectively, due to the difference in specific gravity. In this state, when the valve V2 is opened and the inside of the liquid bag 3 is sucked by the discharge pump 5, the tumecent liquid B is discharged first.

  When the valve V1 is opened and the cleaning liquid is supplied by the supply pump 4 and the motor 6b is operated into the liquid bag 3 from which the tumescent liquid B has been discharged, the liquid bag 3 is shaken in the horizontal plane and adipose tissue. A is stirred in the cleaning solution. When the motor 6b is stopped and the adipose tissue A and the washing solution are separated after being discharged, the washed adipose tissue A is left in the liquid bag 3 in the same manner as the discharge of the tumecent solution B. It is designed to be discharged from the cleaning liquid.

  The roller 7 is cylindrical and has a length dimension that is longer than the lateral width dimension of the liquid bag 3 and shorter than the lateral inner dimension of the heat insulating box 2.

  The moving mechanism 8 includes an X-axis guide 8a that is vertically fixed to the inner surface of the door 2a, a Z-axis guide 8b that is provided so as to be movable along the X-axis guide 8a, and extends in a substantially vertical direction, and the Z-axis guide 8b. A hand portion 8c provided so as to be movable along the X-axis cylinder 8d and a Z-axis cylinder 8e for moving the Z-axis guide 8b and the hand portion 8c along the X-axis guide 8a or the Z-axis guide 8b, respectively. I have. As the X-axis cylinder 8d and the Z-axis cylinder 8e, for example, a pneumatic cylinder or an electric cylinder is used.

  The X-axis guide 8a is provided at the approximate center near the upper end of the door 2a. The Z-axis guide 8b is provided between the inner surface of the door 2a via the X-axis cylinder 8d, and is movable in the front-rear direction substantially horizontally toward the back plate 2c with the door 2a closed. . The Z-axis cylinder 8e is provided integrally with the Z-axis guide 8b, and can move the hand portion 8c in the vertical direction independently of the movement of the Z-axis guide 8b in the front-rear direction. The roller 7 is attached to the hand portion 8c substantially horizontally and substantially parallel to the inner surface of the door 2a. In addition, the hand portion 8c supports a part of the roller 7, for example, a support shaft that protrudes in the longitudinal direction from both end faces so as to be rotatable in the circumferential direction via a bearing.

  When the X-axis cylinder 8d is most contracted, the roller 7 is disposed at a position sufficiently separated rearward from the back plate 2c. Further, the X-axis cylinder 8d has a close position where the roller 7 is disposed rearward from the back plate 2c by a size twice the film thickness of the liquid bag 3, and a close position where the roller 7 is moved backward by a minute distance from the close position. Is set. Further, when the X-axis cylinder 8d receives a first predetermined magnitude of drag during extension, the X-axis cylinder 8d stops extending.

  The movable range of the Z-axis cylinder 8e is set so that the roller 7 is moved between the upper end and the lower end of the liquid bag 3. Further, when the Z-axis cylinder 8e receives an effect exceeding the second predetermined size at the time of expansion, the Z-axis cylinder 8e stops the expansion.

  When the liquid bag 3 is installed in the heat insulating box 2, the door 2a is closed, and the X-axis cylinder 8d is moved to the close contact position, the liquid bag 3 has the roller 7 and the back plate 2c over the entire lateral width at an intermediate position in the height direction. The inner surface is in close contact with each other. As a result, the interior of the liquid bag 3 is separated from the upper and lower portions of the roller 7.

Further, when the roller 7 is moved to a close position, a minute gap is left at a position between the roller 7 and the back plate 2 c in the liquid bag 3, and the liquid bag 3 is moved vertically by the roller 7. While being partitioned, the liquid can move up and down.
Further, when the X-axis cylinder 8d is extended at a position where the roller 7 hits the fat tissue A, the roller 7 presses the side surface of the liquid bag 3 and the fat tissue A is compressed with the first predetermined pressure. Sometimes, the movement of the roller 7 is stopped.

The operation of the adipose tissue separation device 1 configured as described above will be described below.
In order to separate the tumecent liquid B from the adipose tissue A collected by the tumecent method using the adipose tissue separating apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, the position of the roller 7 is slightly below the interface between the adipose tissue A and the tumecent liquid B. To close the door 2a. Then, when the roller 7 is moved to the close contact position, the adipose tissue A and a part of the tumescent liquid B are fractionated above the roller 7 as shown in FIG. In this state, when the Z-axis cylinder 8e is extended and the roller 7 is moved upward, the roller 7 is moved when the adipose tissue A is brought close to the upper end in the liquid bag 3 as shown in FIG. Stop.

  Next, when the roller 7 is moved to a close position and discharging is started from the inside of the liquid bag 3, the liquid bag 3 is vacuum-sealed and the inner surface is sealed after the layered separated Tumescent liquid B leaving the adipose tissue A is discharged. They are in close contact with each other. Subsequently, when the roller 7 is temporarily retracted backward and moved to the upper end of the liquid bag 3 and then the roller 7 is moved forward, the roller 7 stops at a position where the roller 7 presses the liquid bag 3. When the roller 7 is moved downward as it is, as shown in FIG. 2 (c), the roller 7 rolls on the side surface of the liquid bag 3 and the adipose tissue A is sequentially pressed downward from the upper end. The tumescent fluid B contained therein leaks out of the adipose tissue A.

  The leaked tubular liquid B is pushed downward by the roller 7 and sucked by the discharge pump 5 and discharged from the discharge port 3b, leaving the adipose tissue A from which the tubular liquid B has been removed. Subsequently, when the roller 7 is retracted to a position where it does not come into contact with the liquid bag 3 to supply cleaning liquid into the liquid bag 3 and the shaker 6 is operated, the adipose tissue A is cleaned.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, after the layer-separated tumescent liquid B is sufficiently discharged, the adipose tissue A is further compressed so that the tumescent liquid B swelled and contained therein is also adipose tissue A. There is an advantage that it can be sufficiently separated and removed. This also has the advantage that the net amount of adipose tissue A in the liquid bag 3 can be accurately measured and the adipose tissue A can be processed using more appropriate conditions. Further, when the adipose tissue A is lifted to the upper end by the roller 7, the adipose tissue A having a high viscosity can be obtained by storing a small amount of the tumecent liquid B between the adipose tissue A and the inner surface of the liquid bag 3. However, it can be easily moved upward.

  Further, before the adipose tissue A is compressed by the roller 7, the adipose tissue A is brought close to the upper end side of the liquid bag, so that even if the adipose tissue A is extended downward by the roller 7, it is discharged from the discharge port 3b. Is prevented. Thereby, when a fat origin cell is isolate | separated from the fat tissue A, the fall of the collection | recovery rate of a fat origin cell can be prevented. Further, the inconvenience that the discharge port 3b is clogged with the adipose tissue A is prevented, and even if the liquid bag 3 is used as it is for a washing process of the adipose tissue A or a decomposition process with a digestive enzyme solution, these processes can proceed smoothly. .

In the above embodiment, the side surface of the liquid bag 3 is pressed by the roller 7, but it may be pressed by a flat plate (pressing surface, pressing means) instead.
In this case, for example, another X and Z axis guide and an X and Z axis cylinder are provided on the inner surface of the door 2a, and a flat plate is provided substantially parallel to the inner surface of the door 2a in the hand portion. The horizontal width dimension of the flat plate is preferably smaller than the horizontal width dimension of the liquid bag 3 while having a size that covers a sufficiently wide region of the side surface of the liquid bag 3.

  By doing in this way, the wide area | region of the side surface of the liquid bag 3 can be pressed at once, and the tumecent liquid B can be efficiently leaked from the swollen fat tissue A. In addition, when the liquid bag 3 is pressed against the flat plate, a region where the adipose tissue A is not pressed against the flat plate is generated in the longitudinal direction on both side ends of the flat plate. As a result, even if the tumecent liquid B leaked from the adipose tissue A moves to the upper end side in the liquid bag 3, it easily reaches the discharge port 3b along the side of the flat plate, and discharges the leaked tumecent liquid B. Can be promoted.

Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, the flat plate 10 is swingable between a position where the flat plate 10 is arranged substantially parallel to the back plate 2 c and can press the liquid bag 3 and a position along the ceiling inner surface. May be provided.
In this way, when the flat plate 10 is swung from the ceiling inner surface side to the back plate 2c side, the fat tissue A in the liquid bag 3 is sequentially pressed downward from the upper end side, and the tumecent leaked from the fat tissue A. Liquid B is pushed downward. Accordingly, it is possible to prompt the movement of the tumecent liquid B to the discharge port 3b while simultaneously compressing the adipose tissue A.

In the above-described embodiment, the interface detection unit that detects the interface between the adipose tissue A and the tumecent fluid B is provided, and the Z-axis cylinder 8e is moved to a position that is lower than the position of the interface detected by the interface detection unit by a predetermined distance. The hand portion 8c may be moved.
The interface detector uses a transmitted light sensor or a gravimeter.
In the case of a transmitted light sensor, the transmittance in the liquid bag 3 is detected at a plurality of positions in the height direction. Thereby, these interfaces can be detected from the difference in transmittance between the adipose tissue A and the tumecent liquid B.

In the case of a weighing scale, for example, a load cell is provided in the center of the table 6a. In this case, the distance in the height direction between the hook 2b and the base 6a or the vertical width of the liquid bag 3 to be used is adjusted so that most of the load of the liquid bag 3 is distributed to the base 6a. Thereby, from the weight of the liquid bag 3 installed on the base 6a, for example, the volume ratio of the adipose tissue A in the liquid bag 3 and the tumecent liquid B is calculated as 1: 1, and the volume of the tumecent liquid B is calculated. Then, the height position of the interface is detected from this and the inner dimension of the liquid bag 3.
By doing in this way, the effort of the position adjustment of the roller 7 in the height direction by an operator can be saved.

In the above embodiment, the adipose tissue A is pressed by the roller 7 to leak out the tumescent liquid B contained therein, but instead, the adipose tissue A is sucked by the discharge pump 5. It is good also as letting the tumecent liquid B leak.
In this case, it is not necessary for the roller 7 to bring the adipose tissue A to the upper end, and the roller 7 is moved to a close position below the interface between the adipose tissue A and the tumecent fluid B.

  When the inside of the liquid bag 3 is sucked by the discharge pump 5, the fat tissue A is sucked downward after the layer-separated tubular liquid B is discharged. The position of the adipose tissue A is held by the roller 7, and the tumecent liquid B contained in the adipose tissue A flows out to the discharge port 3 b through the gap on the inner surface of the liquid bag 3. Thereby, the tumecent liquid B can be further separated and removed from the swollen adipose tissue A. Further, since the fat tissue A is always held at a position away from the discharge port 3b, the discharge of the fat tissue A and the clogging of the discharge port 3b can be prevented in advance.

1 Adipose tissue separation device 2 Insulation box (holding part)
2a Door 2b Hook 2c Back plate (support plate)
3 Liquid bag (container)
3a supply port 3b discharge port 4 supply pump 5 discharge pump (suction means)
6 Shaker (stirring mechanism)
6a stand 6b motor 6c shaft 7 roller (partition member, rod-like member, pressing means)
8 Movement mechanism (pressing means)
8a X-axis guide 8b Z-axis guide 8c Hand part 8d X-axis cylinder 8e Z-axis cylinder 9 Tube 10 Flat plate (pressing means, pressing surface)
A Adipose tissue B Tumescent fluid V1, V2 Valve

Claims (11)

A holding portion for holding a bag-like container having a discharge port and made of a flexible material with the discharge port facing downward;
A suction means connected to the discharge port for sucking the inside of the container in a reduced pressure state;
Proximity of pressing the intermediate position in the height direction of the side surface of the container held by the holding portion in a substantially horizontal direction over substantially the entire width, and bringing the inner surface of the intermediate position close to the inner surface of the opposite position with a minute gap therebetween A partition member movably provided between a position and a release position for releasing the side surface;
A fat tissue separation device comprising: pressing means for pressing the side surface above the midway position so as to reduce the volume.   The said partition member is movable to the contact | adherence position where an inner surface closely_contact | adheres to the middle position of the side surface of the said container, and is provided so that it can move upwards in the state arrange | positioned in this contact | adherence position. Adipose tissue processing equipment. The holding portion is disposed along a substantially vertical direction, and includes a support plate that supports one side surface of the container,
The partition member has a length dimension substantially equal to or longer than a lateral width dimension of the side surface of the container, and is disposed substantially horizontally and substantially parallel to the support plate with the container interposed between the partition member and the support plate. The adipose tissue separation device according to claim 1, wherein the adipose tissue separation device is a rod-like member provided to be movable in the front-rear direction with respect to the support plate.   The adipose tissue separation device according to claim 3, wherein the pressing means includes a moving mechanism that moves the rod-shaped member in a vertical direction at a front-rear direction position that presses a side surface of the container. The holding portion is disposed along a substantially vertical direction, and includes a support plate that supports one side surface of the container,
2. The adipose tissue separation device according to claim 1, wherein the pressing unit includes a pressing surface that is disposed so as to sandwich the container between the pressing plate and is movable in the front-rear direction with respect to the supporting plate.   The adipose tissue separation device according to claim 5, wherein the pressing surface has a width dimension smaller than a width dimension of a side surface of the container. An interface detection means for detecting the height direction position of the interface between the adipose tissue and the tumecent liquid contained in the container;
The adipose tissue separation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a moving unit that moves the partition member in the vertical direction based on the height direction position of the interface detected by the interface detection unit.   The adipose tissue separation device according to claim 1, further comprising a stirring mechanism that stirs the inside of the container held by the holding unit. A holding portion for holding a bag-like container having a discharge port and made of a flexible material with the discharge port facing downward;
A suction means connected to the discharge port for sucking the inside of the container in a reduced pressure state;
A partition that presses an intermediate position in the height direction of the side surface of the container held by the holding portion in a substantially horizontal direction over substantially the entire width, and causes the inner surface of the intermediate position to approach the inner surface of the opposite position with a minute gap therebetween. An adipose tissue separation device comprising a member. An interface detection means for detecting the height direction position of the interface between the adipose tissue and the tumecent liquid contained in the container;
The adipose tissue separation apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a moving unit that moves the partition member in the vertical direction based on a height direction position of the interface detected by the interface detection unit.   The adipose tissue separation apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a stirring mechanism that stirs the inside of the container held by the holding unit.

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