Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and scalable devices for hyper-fast cooling and warming
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Application No.: US14011799Application Date: 2013-08-28
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Publication No.: US09638452B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Igor Katkov , Vladimir Fedorovich Bolyukh
- Applicant: Igor Katkov , Vladimir Fedorovich Bolyukh
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: Celltronix
- Current Assignee: Celltronix
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Thibault Patent Group
- Main IPC: A01N1/02
- IPC: A01N1/02 ; F25D3/10 ; F25D3/11 ; F25D25/00 ; F25D13/06 ; G01N1/42 ; F25D25/04

Abstract:
The present invention, in some embodiments thereof, relates to a method and scalable devices for hyperfast cooling and re-warming of samples. More specifically, it relates to cryogenic preservation of biological samples via vitrification. It includes: a liquid sample placed at ambient temperature in a flat thermo conductive container that in some embodiments additionally contains a detachable disposable or sterilizable thermo conductive spiral; transferring the sample to a cooling chamber using a linear percussion stepping motor drive; hyperfast cooling of the sample using streams of pressurized liquid coolant; transferring the sample to a detachable shipping/storage chamber filled with liquid coolant, from which the sample can be transferred to another vessel that contains liquid cryogenic coolant and moved back to the shipping/storage chamber. This chamber can be then attached to a re-warming chamber, in which the sample is heated to a biologically tolerant temperature above 0 degrees Celsius in a hyperfast manner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140069119A1 Method and Scalable Devices for Hyper-Fast Cooling and Warming Public/Granted day:2014-03-13
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