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US 12,742,583 B2Granted
Cooled container and method for distributing cooled items
AssigneeMEDSZGO Holding BV
InventorsMichiel de Bie, Ronald Nanninga
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Abstract
A container (1) for holding and transporting cooled items, such as medicines. The container comprises an enclosure enclosed by a cooling element (8) containing a phase change material, a heat sink (11) outside the enclosure and a duct (12) forming a closed loop between the cooling element and the heat sink, for circulation of a coolant. The heat sink may for example comprise a Peltier element (14).
Claims19
A container for holding and transporting cooled items, the container comprising
- an enclosure at least partly enclosed by a cooling element containing a phase change material,
- a heat sink outside the enclosure, and
- a duct for circulation of coolant forming a closed loop between the cooling element and the heat sink, wherein
- the cooling element further comprises a thermal spreader in thermo-conductive contact with the phase change material, and
- the duct comprises a section extending between the thermal spreader and the phase change material.
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