Parabiotic chamber apparatus for cell culture studies

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A PARABIOTIC CHAMBER APPARATUS, COMPRISING: A PAIR OF VESSELS, EACH OF A TUBULAR CONFIGURATION OPEN AT BOTH ENDS AND HAVING A FLAT FLOOR EXTENDING ALONG A CENTRAL BOTTOM PORTION BETWEEN SAID OPEN ENDS, SAID FLOOR HAVING A TRANSVERSE WIDTH ACROSS SAID CONFIGURATION AND A LONGITUDINAL LENGTH EXTENDING BETWEEN TWO CONSTRICTIONS OF SAID CONFIGURATION ARISING FROM SAID FLOOR TO FORM BOUNDARIES BETWEEN SAID FLOOR AND OPEN ENDS, SAID WIDTH AND LENGTH DEFINING WITH SAID CONSTRICTIONS A CULTURE GROWTH AREA THEREIN, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID VESSELS ADJACENT AND ALIGNED WITH ONE ANOTHER FOR COMMUNICATION THEREBETWEEN THROUGH ADJACENT OPEN ENDS OF THE VESSELS; A DIALYSIS MEMBRANE INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID ADJACENT ENDS; AND PLUG MEMBERS CLOSING THE REMOTE OPEN ENDS OF THE VESSELS, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A HORIZONTAL BASE AND A HOLDER MEANS EXTENDING ABOVE SAID BASE FOR CLAMPING SAID ADJACENT ENDS TOGETHER AND SUPPORTING SAID VESSDLS WITH SAID FLOOR OF EACH VESSEL AT AN ELEVATED HORIZONTAL PLANE OVER SAID BASE.