Laboratory apparatus and instruments, in particular laboratory apparatus and instruments for the processing and/or investigation of particles; laboratory apparatus and instruments for the imaging, identification, isolation, separation, dispensing and/or deposition of particles, in particular of individual or single particles; laboratory apparatus and instruments for the handling and/or culture of cells, in particular of individual cells; laboratory apparatus and instruments for the processing and/or investigation of cells; laboratory apparatus and instruments for the imaging, identification, isolation, separation, dispensing and/or deposition of cells, in particular of individual or single cells; laboratory apparatus and instruments for generating and/or detecting fluorescent or luminescent signals associated with particles and/or cells, for the imaging, identification, isolation, separation, dispensing and/or deposition of particles and/or cells, in particular of individual or single particles and/or cells; laboratory apparatus and instruments for the imaging, identification, isolation, separation, dispensing and/or deposition of cells for genetic or biochemical analysis, in particular of individual or single cells; laboratory apparatus and instruments for the imaging, identification, isolation, separation, dispensing and/or deposition of eukaryotic cells, especially, animal, plant, insect, fungal or human cells, and/or of prokaryotic cells, especially bacterial cells, in particular of individual or single such cells; cell culture apparatus for laboratory use; scientific research and laboratory apparatus, in particular scientific research and laboratory apparatus for the processing and/or investigation of cells or other particles; scientific research and laboratory apparatus and instruments for the imaging, identification, isolation, separation, dispensing and/or deposition of cells or other particles; scientific research and laboratory apparatus generating and/or detecting fluorescent or luminescent signals associated with such cells or other particles for the imaging, identification, isolation, separation, dispensing and/or deposition of cells or other particles; scientific research and laboratory apparatus for the imaging, identification, isolation, separation, dispensing and/or deposition of cells or other particles for genetic or biochemical analysis or cells; scientific research and laboratory apparatus for the imaging, identification, isolation, separation, dispensing and/or deposition of cells or other particles for eukaryotic cells, especially, animal, plant, insect, fungal or human cells, and/or for prokaryotic cells and bacterial cells; any of the aforesaid scientific research and laboratory apparatus and instruments for individual or single cells or other particles; computer software, in particular recorded or downloadable computer software; computer software, in particular computer software for operating and/or servicing any of the forgoing laboratory apparatus and instruments; computer software for obtaining, investigating, analyzing, processing, recording, transmitting and/or reproducing images of cells or other particles, in particular of individual or single cells.

Laboratory apparatus for processing cells for medical use, in particular laboratory apparatus for the handling and/or culture of cells, in particular of individual or single cells, for medical use; laboratory apparatus for processing cells for medical use, in particular laboratory apparatus for the imaging, identification, isolation, separation, dispensing and/or deposition of cells, in particular of individual or single cells, for medical use; laboratory apparatus for processing cells for medical use, in particular laboratory apparatus generating and/or detecting fluorescent or luminescent signals associated with cells for the imaging, identification, isolation, separation, dispensing and/or deposition of cells, in particular of individual or single cells, for medical use; laboratory apparatus for processing cells for medical use, in particular laboratory apparatus for the imaging, identification, isolation, separation, dispensing and/or deposition of cells for genetic or biochemical analysis, in particular of individual or single cells, for medical use; laboratory apparatus for processing cells for medical use, in particular laboratory apparatus for the imaging, identification, isolation, separation, dispensing and/or deposition of eukaryotic cells, especially, animal, plant, insect, fungal or human cells, and/or of prokaryotic cells, especially bacterial cells, in particular of individual or single such cells, for medical use; cell culture apparatus for medical use.