Cryoliner
AssigneeCryoport, Inc.
InventorBret Bollinger
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Abstract
Methods, systems, devices and/or apparatuses for a protective liner that protects products and/or commodities from cross-contamination during transport and/or storage using a cryogenic shipping container. The protective liner lines a shipping container, such as a dewar. The protective liner is positioned within the shipping container. The protective liner includes one or more tabs positioned on a perimeter of the protective liner. The one or more tabs are configured to interlock with a notch on an inside surface of the shipping container. The protective liner includes a clearance channel on a side of the protective barrier and configured to guide a temperature sensor lead wire.
Claims10
A cryogenic storage device, comprising:
- a dewar for storing or transporting cryogenic material, the dewar having an inner surface and a first transition area and a second transition area on the inner surface;
- a protective barrier positioned within the inner surface of the dewar and configured to prevent contact between cryogenic material stored within the protective barrier and the inner surface of the dewar, the protective barrier having a protective liner that has a first row of one or more tabs that snap into the first transition area and a second row of one or more tabs that snap into the second transition area, the protective liner having a base positioned at a bottom of the protective liner, the base having a plurality of rigid and concentric protrusions to form a shape of the protective liner, the plurality of rigid and concentric protrusions each being shaped in concentric circles;
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- an accessory holder positioned within the protective liner and configured to accommodate a plurality of accessories.
A cryogenic storage device, comprising:
- a dewar for storing or transporting cryogenic material, the dewar having an inner surface and a first transition area and a second transition area on the inner surface;
- a protective barrier positioned within the inner surface of the dewar and configured to prevent contact between cryogenic material stored within the protective barrier and the inner surface of the dewar, the protective barrier having a protective liner, the protective liner having a base positioned at a bottom of the protective liner, the base having a plurality of rigid and concentric protrusions to form a shape of the protective liner, the plurality of rigid and concentric protrusions each being shaped in concentric circles;
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- an accessory holder positioned within the protective liner and configured to accommodate a plurality of accessories.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.