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US 12,616,642 B2Granted
Curved blood cassette system
AssigneeCryoport, Inc.
InventorsBret Bollinger, Ben Lee
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Abstract
A cylindrical container for holding one or more articles, such as blood bags. The cylindrical container may hold multiple curved article containers comprising the one or more articles arranged in a circle. The cylindrical holding container may embody a carousel shape for easy access to the curved article containers. The ends of the multiple curved article containers may overlap each other to nest into the cylindrical holding container. The cylindrical holding containers may be stackable. The cylindrical holding container may be placed in a cryogenic shipper or dewar, to secure and stabilize the articles within during transport.
Claims15
A holding container device comprising:
- a holding container axis;
- a plurality of article containers to contain a payload article within a chamber having a phase change material each comprising a first side and a second side, the first side and the second side being concentric relative to each other and joining together at a first end and at a second end opposite the first end, wherein the first end is positioned closer to the holding container axis than the second end;
- and a connection element comprising a plurality of gripping members with an open face
- wherein the open face of the gripping members are configured to selectively retain the first end and one of the plurality of sides of each of the plurality of article containers so that each first end of each article container is nested between the open face and the second end of an adjacent article container.
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A stackable article holding system comprising:
- a plurality of holding containers, each respective holding container comprising:
- a respective holding container axis;
- and
- a respective plurality of article containers to contain a payload article within a chamber having a phase change material, each respective article container of the respective holding container comprising a first side and a second side, the first side and the second side being concentric relative to each other and joining together at a first end and at a second end opposite the first end, wherein the respective first end is positioned closer to the respective holding container axis than the respective second end, and
- a connection element comprising a plurality of gripping members with an open face
- wherein the open face of the gripping members are configured to selectively retain the first end and one of the plurality of sides of each of the plurality of article containers so that each first end of each article container is nested between the open face and the second end of an adjacent article container
- wherein the plurality of holding containers is configured to vertically stack.
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A method of stacking article containers comprising:
- inserting an article into each of a plurality of article containers,
- wherein the plurality of article containers each have a first side and a second side, the first side and the second side being concentric relative to each other and joining together at a first end and at a second end opposite the first end and a connection element comprising a plurality of gripping members with an open face;
- attaching the plurality of article containers to each of a plurality of holding containers,
- wherein each of the plurality of holding containers has a holding container axis, and
- wherein the first end of each of the plurality of curved article containers is positioned closer to the holding container axis than the second end of each of the plurality of curved article containers and each first end of each article container is nested between the open face and the second end of an adjacent article container and
- stacking the plurality of holding containers.
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A holding container device comprising:
- a connection element comprising a plurality of gripping troughs with an open face along the perimeter;
- a plurality of article containers to contain a payload article within a chamber having a phase change material, each comprising a first side and a second side, the first side and the second side being concentric relative to each other and joining together at a first end and at a second end opposite the first end, wherein the first end is positioned closer to the holding container axis than the second end
- wherein the first end of article containers are configured to partially engage with the gripping troughs and the second end of the article containers are configured to partially engage with the first end of a separate article container;
- wherein the open face of the gripping troughs are configured to selectively retain the first end and one of the plurality of sides of each of the plurality of article containers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.