JP2017055728A - Cell culture room and culture facility - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a culture room in a hospital, the culture room contributing to reducing the burden on the patient's mind.SOLUTION: The present invention provides a culture room having therein an incubator for culturing human fertilized eggs. The culture room comprises a floor and a windowed wall with a window. The window has a vertical center thereof disposed at a height H from the floor. The height H is [(the average height of women of age for fertility treatment) - 100 mm] to [(the average height of women of age for fertility treatment - 50 mm)].SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a culture room and a culture facility.

  Conventionally, when an animal cell such as a human is artificially cultured, it is cultured in a culture chamber equipped with an incubator (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  By the way, infertility is diagnosed when a person who desires pregnancy cannot reach pregnancy within 1 to 2 years without contraception. One treatment for infertility (hereinafter referred to as infertility treatment) is in vitro fertilization (conventional in vitro fertilization, microinsemination). In in vitro fertilization, an embryo obtained by culturing a fertilized egg for several days (usually about 2 to 5 days) is returned to the uterus. Usually, in vitro fertilization is performed in a hospital having a culture room for culturing fertilized eggs.

  Fertilized egg culture (hereinafter referred to as embryo culture) is a delicate work, and the culture chamber is sealed because it requires a cleanliness close to the environment of the female body (in the fallopian tube), etc. It was not considered to show the culture room to the visitors.

Japanese Patent No. 4803196

  When in vitro fertilization is one of the options for infertility treatment, patients have various burdens such as injection, surgery, etc. Have It is an object of the present invention to reduce the mental burden of those patients.

  SUMMARY An advantage of some aspects of the invention is to solve at least a part of the problems described above, and the invention can be implemented as the following forms.

(1) According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a culture chamber provided with an incubator for culturing human fertilized eggs. The culture chamber includes a floor and a windowed window having a window, and the window is provided at a height H from the floor so that a center in the height direction of the window is located. H is {(average height of women at the infertility treatment target age) −100 mm} to {(average height of women at the infertility treatment target age) −50 mm}.

According to the culture chamber of this form, the culture chamber can be disclosed through the window. Further, in this culture room, the center in the height direction of the window provided on the wall is a height H {(average height of women of infertility treatment age) -100 mm} to {(women of infertility treatment age). Average height) -50 mm}. When there is a window at that height, patients undergoing infertility treatment can easily see the culture chamber through the window. Since embryo culture is very important in the success or failure of in vitro fertilization, anxiety of the patient can be reduced by disclosing the inside of the culture chamber.
(2) The culture chamber of the above-described form, wherein the height H ranges from {(average height of women aged 20 to 49 years) -100 mm} to {(average height of women aged 20 to 49 years) -50 mm }.

  In Japan, many patients in their 20s to 40s currently consider in vitro fertilization as an option. Therefore, if there is a window at this height in the culture room, the patient can easily see the culture room through the window. Since embryo culture is very important in the success or failure of in vitro fertilization, anxiety of the patient can be reduced by disclosing the inside of the culture chamber.

(3) A culture chamber according to another aspect of the present invention, comprising a floor and a windowed wall having a window, wherein the window is at a height H from the floor and in the center in the height direction of the window. The height H is 1480-1530 mm. According to the culture chamber of this embodiment, most patients who consider in vitro fertilization as an option can easily see the culture chamber through the window.

(4) In the culture chamber of the above aspect, the window may have a substantially rectangular shape having a planar shape with a height of about 300 to 500 mm and a width of about 3500 to 4500 mm. Here, the substantially rectangular shape includes a rounded rectangular shape and a rectangular shape including a distortion whose corner is not 90 degrees. As described above, when the planar shape of the window is long and the area is relatively small, the inside of the culture chamber can be seen from the outside of the culture chamber through the window, but it is difficult to see the outside of the culture chamber from the inside of the culture chamber. As a result, it is possible to reduce the stress caused by the line of sight from the outside of the culture room on the person (embryo cultivator etc.) who performs the work related to embryo culture.

(5) The culture chamber according to the above aspect, wherein the windowed wall is connected to the first wall, the first wall, and a predetermined angle of 90 degrees or more and less than 180 degrees in the room. The window may be provided across the first wall and the second wall. In this way, it is possible to show a wide range in the culture chamber even if the window width is relatively short. In the case of the culture chamber of this form, the shape (virtual shape) of the window in a state where the first wall and the second wall are opened at 180 degrees (opened horizontally) is a plane parallel to the windowed wall. Shape.

(6) In the culture chamber of the above aspect, the width of the window may be about 11 to 15% of the entire circumference of the culture chamber. Even in this case, the inside of the culture chamber can be disclosed while suppressing stress due to the line of sight from the outside of the culture chamber to the embryo cultivator.

(7) A culture chamber having the above-described configuration, which includes a windowless wall having no window, and the area of the window is about 1. It may be 5 to 2.5%. Even in this case, the inside of the culture chamber can be disclosed while suppressing stress due to the line of sight from the outside of the culture chamber to the embryo cultivator.

(8) According to another aspect of the present invention, a culture facility is provided. The culture facility includes the culture room according to any one of (1) to (7), a sperm processing room for processing human sperm, and an office room for performing office work related to processing in the culture room. The culturing chamber is in contact with the sperm processing chamber and the office room and can come and go. According to this culture facility, since the culture room is in contact with the sperm processing room and the office room and can come and go, it is possible to shorten the flow line of the worker involved in embryo culture, and to improve the work efficiency.

(9) The culture facility according to the above aspect, further comprising a tour room provided in contact with the windowed wall of the culture room, wherein the average illuminance in the tour room is smaller than the average illuminance in the culture room Good. In this way, although the culture room is easy to see from the observation room, it is difficult to see the observation room from the culture room, and it is possible to suppress stress caused by the line of sight from the observation room to the embryo cultivator in the culture room.

(8) In the culture facility according to the above aspect, the sperm processing room and the office room may be arranged to be visible from the tour room through the window. In this way, you can see most of the work related to embryo culture from the tour room. As a result, patient anxiety can be reduced.

  A plurality of constituent elements of each aspect of the present invention described above are not indispensable, and some or all of the effects described in the present specification are to be solved to solve part or all of the above-described problems. In order to achieve the above, it is possible to appropriately change, delete, replace with another new component, and partially delete the limited contents of some of the plurality of components. In order to solve part or all of the above-described problems or to achieve part or all of the effects described in this specification, technical features included in one embodiment of the present invention described above. A part or all of the technical features included in the other aspects of the present invention described above may be combined to form an independent form of the present invention.

It is explanatory drawing which shows schematically the culture chamber of 1st Embodiment by planar view. It is explanatory drawing which shows a part of culture room roughly. It is explanatory drawing which shows schematically the culture | cultivation facility as 2nd Embodiment by planar view. It is explanatory drawing which shows schematically the culture | cultivation facility of the modification 1 in planar view. It is explanatory drawing which shows schematically the culture facility of the modification 2 by planar view. It is explanatory drawing which shows schematically the culture facility of the modification 3 by planar view. It is explanatory drawing which shows schematically the culture | cultivation facility of the modification 4 in planar view. It is explanatory drawing which shows schematically the culture | cultivation facility of the modification 5 in planar view.

A. First embodiment:
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing the culture chamber 100 of the first embodiment in plan view. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a part of the culture chamber 100. 1 and 2 also show indoor facilities and people. The culture room 100 is a room for performing embryo culture for culturing human fertilized eggs, and is provided in a hospital that performs in vitro fertilization. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the culture chamber 100 includes a floor 10, a ceiling 20, a windowed wall 40 including a window 30, and a windowless wall 46. The windowed wall 40 is composed of a first wall 42 and a second wall 44, and the first wall 42 and the second wall 44 are connected at an angle of about 135 degrees. The window 30 is provided across the first wall 42 and the second wall 44. Specifically, the window 30 includes a first window 32 included in the first wall 42 and a second window 34 included in the second wall 44, and the first window 32, the second window 34, and the like. Are connected by a transparent or translucent silicon resin. That is, the window 30 has a shape bent along the wall surfaces of the first wall 42 and the second wall 44. Since the seam between the first window 32 and the second window 34 is filled with silicon resin, the outside air in the culture chamber 100 is coupled with the increase in the pressure in the room. 32 and the second window 34 do not enter the culture chamber 100. The window 30 is a soundproof glass window.

  The window 30 has a rectangular shape with a window surface shape (a planar shape of the window) having a width Ww = 4,450 mm and a height Wh = 400 mm. Here, as described above, the window 30 is provided across the first wall 42 and the second wall 44, and the window surface is bent at an angle of about 135 degrees in the room. Here, the shape (virtual shape) of the window 30 in a state in which the first wall 42 and the second wall 44 are opened 180 degrees (open horizontally) is expressed as a window surface shape. The width of the first window 32 included in the first wall 42 is 2,675 mm, and the width of the second window 34 included in the second wall 44 is 1,775 mm.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the window 30 has a center in the height Wh direction (a point (line) 200 mm from the lower end of the window 30) located at a height H (H = 1,500 mm) from the floor 10. Has been placed. This is 158cm (calculated from data from the 2013 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Physical Fitness and Motor Abilities) of women who are considered to be subject to infertility treatment in Japan (20-49 years old) This is equivalent to the eye height.

In the present embodiment, the length of the entire circumference of the culture chamber 100 is 38, 195.9 mm, and the width of the window 30 is 4,450 mm. That is, the ratio of the width (length) of the window 30 to the entire circumference of the culture chamber 100 is 11.65%. Moreover, the total wall area which is the area of the whole wall surface (the windowed wall 40 and the windowless wall 46) surrounding the culture room 100 is 91.670 m < ² >, and the area of the window 30 is 1.780 m < ² >. That is, the ratio of the area of the window 30 to the total wall area of the culture chamber 100 is 1.941%. Here, the area of the windowed wall 40 is an area including the window 30. When a door or the like is provided on the wall, the total wall area is obtained using the area of the wall surface including the door or the like.

  Since embryo culture is originally performed in the female body (in the fallopian tube), the embryo culture is preferably carried out in an environment close to that in the fallopian tube. Therefore, the culture room 100 is hermetically sealed and has the same level of cleanliness and soundproofing level as a clean room. The cleanliness is, for example, class 7 based on ISO (International Organization for Standardization) standards and class 10,000 to 100,000 based on the American Aerospace Agency standard (commonly known as NASA standard). The soundproof level is, for example, 55 to 65 dB (A). The culture chamber 100 is configured to be able to enter through an air shower chamber (not shown).

  In the culture chamber 100, two incubators (incubators) 60 and six microscopes 50 are provided. A plurality of embryo cultivators E perform operations related to embryo culture, such as observation of fertilized eggs using the microscope 50, microinsemination, embryo culture using the incubator 60, and preparation of a medium. The apparatus and the number of devices provided in the culture chamber 100 are not limited to this embodiment, and can be changed as appropriate. However, the culture chamber 100 includes at least one incubator.

  The culture room 100 of the first embodiment is provided with a tour room 400 in contact with the windowed wall 40. As shown in FIG. 2, a female patient PW and a male patient PM who is a spouse can see the inside of the culture room 100 from the tour room 400 through the window 30. In the culture room 100, the window 30 is provided in the range from the floor 10 to a height of 1300 to 1700 mm. Since many women undergoing in vitro fertilization are in their 20s to 40s, an average height woman of this age can see the inside of the culture chamber 100 through the window 30 when standing normally. Further, when the spouse (male) stands standing behind the woman, the spouse (male) can stand normally and look inside the culture chamber 100. Even if the heights of the female patient PW and the male patient PM are higher than 1700 mm, the inside of the culture chamber 100 can be seen with a slight bow. In this specification, a woman including a woman who undergoes in vitro fertilization and a man such as a spouse is referred to as a patient.

  According to the culture chamber 100 of this embodiment, the patient can see the inside of the culture chamber 100 through the window 30. That is, an operator (embryo cultivator or the like) who performs work related to embryo culture can be seen through the window 30. Since embryo culture greatly affects the success or failure of in vitro fertilization, the patient's anxiety can be reduced by showing the culture chamber 100 in which the embryo culture is performed to the patient and showing the work of an embryo cultivator or the like.

  The window 30 provided in the culture chamber 100 of the present embodiment has a substantially L shape in which the first window 32 and the second window 34 are connected at an angle of about 135 degrees. Therefore, for example, compared with the case where a window having the same width as that of the window 30 is provided only on the first wall 42, a wider area in the culture chamber 100 can be shown. In other words, the inside of the culture chamber 100 is sufficiently separated from patients and the like outside the culture chamber 100 while suppressing the influence on the workers (embryo cultivators, etc.) in the culture chamber 100 by reducing the width of the window. You can make it visible.

  Further, the joint between the first window 32 and the second window 34 constituting the window 30 is filled with silicon resin, and the outside air of the culture chamber 100 does not enter the culture chamber 100 from the joint. The window 30 is a soundproof glass window. Therefore, the deterioration of the cleanliness and soundproofing in the culture chamber 100 due to the provision of the window 30 is suppressed. As a result, the inside of the culture chamber 100 can be disclosed while suppressing the influence on the worker in the culture chamber 100.

B. Second embodiment:
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a culture facility 1000 as a second embodiment of the present invention in plan view. FIG. 3 also shows equipment and people in the culture facility 1000. The culture facility 1000 includes a culture room 100, a sperm processing room 200, an office room 300, a tour room 400, operating rooms 501, 502, and 503, and a disinfection room 504. The culture chamber 100 is the culture chamber 100 of the first embodiment.

  The sperm processing chamber 200 is a chamber for processing human sperm. Specifically, semen examination of semen collected from a patient, sperm processing of artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization is performed. The sperm processing chamber 200 does not require as clean as the culture chamber 100. The cleanliness of the sperm processing chamber 200 is, for example, about 1,000,000 class according to the American Aerospace Agency standard. The sperm processing chamber 200 includes an air shower chamber 202 in contact with the culture chamber 100.

  The office room 300 is a room for office work related to embryo culture. As described above, the culture chamber 100 is configured to maintain the same degree of cleanliness as the clean room. In order to maintain the cleanliness of the culture chamber 100, it is preferable not to bring anything into the culture chamber 100 as much as possible, so office work (data processing, etc.) related to embryo culture is performed in the office room 300. Since the embryo cultivator frequently goes back and forth between the culture room 100 and the office room 300, the office room 300 is configured to maintain the same level of cleanliness as the culture room 100.

  The culture chamber 100 is in contact with the sperm processing chamber 200 and the office room 300 through wall surfaces. The culture room 100 and the office room 300 can come and go through the first door 302, and the culture room 100 and the sperm processing room 200 can come and go through the second door 204. Therefore, an operator in the culture room 100 can move between the sperm processing room 200 and the office room 300 with a short flow line, and work efficiency is improved.

  As described above, the sperm processing chamber 200 includes the air shower chamber 202, and is disposed so as to pass through the air shower chamber 202 when traveling between the sperm processing chamber 200 and the culture chamber 100. Therefore, a decrease in the cleanliness of the culture chamber 100 due to the traffic between the sperm processing chamber 200 and the culture chamber 100 is suppressed.

  Since the first door 302 is a sliding glass door, the worker in the culture chamber 100 and the worker in the office room 300 can see each other through the first door 302. Since the third window 304 is formed between the sperm processing chamber 200 and the office room 300, the worker in the sperm processing chamber 200 and the worker in the office room 300 open the third window 304. Through each other. Furthermore, an operator in the culture chamber 100 and an operator in the sperm processing chamber 200 can see each other through the first door 302 and the third window 304. Therefore, according to the culture facility 1000 of the present embodiment, workers in the culture room 100, the sperm processing room 200, and the office room 300 can visually recognize each other's work. Can be increased. The third window 304 is provided with a height of 105 cm from the floor and is a window with a height of about 43 cm. However, the third window 304 is not limited to this and can be changed as appropriate.

  The culture room 100 is in contact with the operating rooms 501 to 503 through the wall surface, and the embryo cultivator E working in the culture room 100 passes the eggs collected in the operating rooms 501 to 503 via the pass box P. The egg can be processed quickly.

  The tour room 400 is provided in contact with the windowed wall 40 having the window 30. The patient can view the inside of the culture room 100 from the tour room 400 through the window 30. The patient can also see the office room 300 located behind the culture room 100 as viewed from the tour room 400 through the first door 302. The patient can also see the sperm processing room 200 located further back from the office room 300 when viewed from the tour room 400 through the first door 302 and the third window 304. According to the culture facility 1000 of the present embodiment, the patient can see each room where processing relating to embryo culture is performed from the tour room 400. On the other hand, since personal information related to embryo culture is in the office room 300 located in the back of the culture room 100, the personal information and the like are concealed from patients in the tour room 400. Note that the first door 302 is not limited to a sliding door with a full glass surface, and may be a door with a window. However, it is preferable that the entire surface is glassed because each room located in the back of the culture room 100 from the tour room 400 is easy to see.

  Further, the average illuminance in the tour room 400 is set to be smaller than the average illuminance in the culture room 100. For example, the average illuminance in the culture room 100 is 100 to 300 [lx] (height from the floor 60 to 70 cm), and the illuminance in the tour room 400 is 50 to 90 [lx] (height from the floor). 120-135 cm). Therefore, although the inside of the culture room 100 can be seen from the tour room 400, the tour room 400 is difficult to see from the culture room 100. Further, as described above, the window 30 provided in the culture chamber 100 is a soundproof glass window, and the soundproof level of the culture chamber 100 is high. Therefore, a person working in the culture room 100 such as an embryo cultivator can perform delicate work associated with embryo culture without being aware of the line of sight of the visitor from the tour room 400. The illuminance in the culture room 100 and the tour room 400 can be measured using an illuminometer such as Hioki Denki (HIOKI) illuminometer LUX HiTESTER 3423, for example.

  In addition, a door with an authentication type lock is provided between the tour room 400 and the corridor 402, and only a specific person can enter the tour room 400. Therefore, the disclosure of the culture chamber 100 to unspecified persons other than patients is limited.

  As described above, according to the culture facility 1000 of the present embodiment, while the culture chamber 100 is disclosed, information related to embryo culture is concealed and does not affect the work of the operator in the culture chamber 100. That is, it is possible to achieve both maintenance of the working environment in the culture chamber 100 and appropriate information disclosure. Thereby, a patient's anxiety can be reduced.

C. Variations:
In addition, this invention is not restricted to said embodiment, In the range which does not deviate from the summary, it can be implemented in a various aspect, For example, the following deformation | transformation is also possible.

(1) The size of the window 30 provided in the culture chamber 100 is not limited to this embodiment. However, if the height is about 300 to 500 mm and the width is about 3500 to 4500 mm, the inside can be seen from outside the culture chamber 100, but the outside of the culture chamber is difficult to see from inside the culture chamber 100. This is preferable because the stress felt by the line of sight can be reduced. In addition, the shape of the window 30 provided in the culture chamber 100 is not limited to this embodiment. For example, a quadrangular shape (including a rounded quadrangular shape) other than a rectangle, a circular shape (including an elliptical shape, an oval shape), and the like may be used. In the case of an elliptical shape or an oval shape, the short axis is arranged in the height direction (in other words, a horizontally long elliptical shape or an oval shape is arranged), and the short axis is about 300 to 500 mm. The major axis is preferably about 3500-4500 mm.

(2) Further, the window 30 may be provided on one wall, or may be provided across three or more walls connected at a predetermined angle. In the above embodiment, the connection angle between the first wall 42 and the second wall 44 is about 135 degrees in the room, but the connection angles of the plurality of walls constituting the windowed wall are not limited to the above embodiment. . However, it is preferable that the angle is 90 degrees or more and less than 180 degrees in the room because the inside of the culture chamber 100 can be easily seen from the outside of the culture chamber 100 through the window 30. When the window 30 is provided over three or more walls, at least one connection angle may be 90 degrees or more and less than 180 degrees indoors, and the angle formed by the window surfaces at both ends is 90 degrees. It may be less than 180 degrees. Moreover, when the window 30 is provided over two or more walls, the shape of the window 30 is a state in which a plurality of walls provided with the window 30 are connected at 180 degrees (in other words, opened horizontally). State) virtual shape.

(3) The ratio of the width of the window 30 to the entire circumference of the culture chamber 100 and the ratio of the area of the window 30 to the total wall area of the culture chamber 100 are not limited to the above embodiment and can be set as appropriate. However, if the ratio of the width of the window 30 to the entire circumference of the culture chamber 100 is 11 to 15% and the ratio of the area of the window 30 to the total wall area of the culture chamber 100 is 1.5 to 2.5%, the window 30 It is preferable because the inside of the culture chamber 100 can be appropriately disclosed while suppressing the stress on the worker in the culture chamber 100 due to the line of sight.

(4) The installation height of the window 30 (height H from the floor 10 in FIG. 2) is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, the height H from the floor 10 may be set to 1400 mm to 1600 mm or the like. The height H is preferably set to 1480 to 1530 mm. When the height H is set to {(average height of women at the age of infertility treatment) −100 mm} to {(average height of women at the age of infertility treatment) −50 mm}, the patient does not take an unreasonable posture, This is preferable because the inside of the culture chamber 100 can be seen in a natural posture. In the above embodiment, the infertility treatment age in Japan is 20 to 49 years, and the height H is set based on the average height of women 20 to 49 years old in Japan. However, the infertility treatment target age is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be appropriately set according to the situation. For example, it may be 25 to 45 years old, or 25 to 55 years old. Also, the height H can be set based on the average height of women of infertility treatment target age in the country where the culture chamber 100 is provided. In addition, when the shape of the window 30 is distorted, the center of the longest distance of the height of the window 30 may be disposed so as to be positioned at the height H from the floor.

(5) In the above embodiment, the tour room 400 is not limited to the above embodiment, and may be a room provided in contact with the window 30 of the culture room 100. That is, the door with an authentication type lock may not be provided, and the illuminance in the tour room 400 may be larger than the illuminance in the culture room 100. However, if the illuminance in the tour room 400 is smaller than the illuminance in the culture room 100, the inside of the culture room 100 can be seen from the tour room 400, but the tour room 400 is difficult to see from the culture room 100, which is preferable. .

(6) In the above embodiment, the configuration in which the tour room 400 is provided in contact with the windowed wall 40 of the culture chamber 100 is illustrated. However, the tour room 400 may be omitted. Simply, a corridor may be provided on the outer periphery of the culture chamber 100. In that case, the inside of the culture chamber 100 can be seen from the corridor through the window 30. However, it is preferable to provide the tour room 400 as in the above-described embodiment because it is easy to manage the object to be disclosed of the culture room 100, so that the workers and patients in the culture room 100 can be reassured.

(7) The arrangement of the culture room 100, the sperm processing room 200, and the office room 300 in the culture facility 1000 is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, the following arrangement may be used. 4-8 is explanatory drawing which shows roughly the culture | cultivation facilities 1000A-E of the modifications 1-5 in planar view.
In the culture facilities 1000A to E of the first to fifth modifications, the culture chambers 100A to E are in contact with the corresponding sperm processing chambers 200A to E and the offices 300A to E, respectively, as in the culture facility 1000 of the above embodiment. Is provided. Here, “corresponding” means, for example, that the culture room 100A is in contact with the sperm processing room 200A and the office room 300A, and the culture room 100B is in contact with the sperm processing room 200B and the office room 300B. Means match. The culture chambers 100A to 100E can come and go with the corresponding sperm processing chambers 200A to 200E and the offices 300A to 300E, respectively. In the culture facilities 1000A to E, since the office rooms 300A to E include the first glass-coated first door 302 as in the above embodiment, the office rooms 300A to E correspond to the workers in the culture rooms 100A to E. The operator can visually recognize each other through the window of the first door 302. In addition, since the culture facility 1000A, C, D includes the fourth window 208 between the sperm processing chambers 200A, C, D and the corresponding culture chambers 100A, C, D, the culture chambers 100A, C, D The workers in the sperm processing chambers 200 </ b> A, C, and D corresponding to the workers inside can see each other through the fourth window 208. In addition, since the culture facility 1000A, B, D, E includes the third window 304 between the sperm processing chambers 200A, B, D, E and the corresponding office rooms 300A, B, D, E, the sperm The workers in the processing rooms 200A, B, D, E and the workers in the offices 300A, B, D, E corresponding to each other can visually recognize each other through the third window 304. In the culture facility 1000E, an operator in the culture chamber 100E and an operator in the sperm processing chamber 200E can see each other through the first door 302 and the third window 304. As described above, in the culture facilities 1000A to E of the first to fifth modifications, the workers in the culture chambers 100A to 100E correspond to the sperm processing chambers 200A to 200E and office work corresponding to the short flow lines as in the above embodiment. Since it is possible to move between the chambers 300A to 300E, the work efficiency is improved, and the mutual work can be visually recognized, so that the cooperation of each work related to embryo culture can be enhanced. In these modified examples, the size and arrangement of the windows are appropriately set so that a patient or the like in the tour room 400 can see the sperm processing room 200 and the office room 300 through the culture room 100. It may be changed.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, examples, and modifications, and can be realized with various configurations without departing from the spirit thereof. For example, the technical features in the embodiments, examples, and modifications corresponding to the technical features in each embodiment described in the summary section of the invention are to solve some or all of the above-described problems, or In order to achieve part or all of the above effects, replacement or combination can be performed as appropriate. Further, if the technical feature is not described as essential in the present specification, it can be deleted as appropriate.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Floor 20 ... Ceiling 30 ... Window 32 ... 1st window 34 ... 2nd window 40 ... Windowed wall 42 ... 1st wall 44 ... 2nd wall 46 ... Windowless wall 50 ... Microscope 60 ... Incubator 100 , 100A to E ... Culture room 200, 200A to E ... Sperm processing room 202 ... Air shower room 204 ... Second door 208 ... Fourth window 300, 300A-E ... Office room 302 ... First door 304 ... First 3 windows 400 ... tour room 402 ... corridor 501 ... operating room 504 ... disinfection room 1000, 1000A-E ... culture facility E ... embryo culture person P ... pass box PM, PW ... patient

Claims (10)

A culture chamber equipped with an incubator for culturing human fertilized eggs,
Floor,
A windowed window with a window;
With
The window is
The center of the window in the height direction is located at a height H from the floor,
The height H is a culture chamber which is {(average height of women at the age of infertility treatment) −100 mm} to {(average height of women at the age of infertility treatment) −50 mm}. The culture chamber according to claim 1,
The height H is {(average height of women aged 20 to 49) -100 mm} to {(average height of women aged 20 to 49) -50 mm}. A culture chamber equipped with an incubator for culturing human fertilized eggs,
Floor,
A windowed window with a window;
With
The window is
The center of the window in the height direction is located at a height H from the floor,
The culture chamber, wherein the height H is 1480-1530 mm. A culture chamber according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The culture chamber, wherein the window has a substantially rectangular shape with a height of about 300 to 500 mm and a width of about 3500 to 4500 mm. A culture chamber according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The windowed wall is
A first wall, the first wall, and a second wall connected at a predetermined angle of 90 degrees or more and less than 180 degrees in the room,
The window is a culture chamber provided across the first wall and the second wall. A culture chamber according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The width of the window is about 11 to 15% of the entire circumference of the culture chamber. A culture chamber according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The culture chamber, wherein the area of the window is about 1.5-2.5% of the total wall area, which is the sum of the areas of all walls surrounding the culture chamber. A culture facility,
A culture chamber according to any one of claims 1 to 7;
A sperm processing room for processing human sperm,
An office room for performing office work related to processing in the culture room,
The culture room is in contact with the sperm processing room and the office room and is capable of coming and going. A culture facility according to claim 8,
A tour room provided in contact with the windowed wall of the culture room,
A culture facility in which the average illuminance in the tour room is smaller than the average illuminance in the culture room. A culture facility according to claim 9, wherein
The culture facility in which the sperm processing room and the office are arranged so as to be visible from the tour room through the window.

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