Hyperpolarized media transport vessel

A device for transporting a hyperpolarized substance, the transport device comprising:

• a vessel housing;
• a chamber formed within the vessel housing that is configured to receive a container holding a hyperpolarized substance;
• an electromagnet configured to generate a magnetic containment field about the chamber when a current is supplied thereto, the magnetic containment field comprising a homogeneous field about the container;
• a non-magnetic power source to supply the current to the electromagnet;
• and
• a safety circuit configured to selectively interrupt the supply of current to the electromagnet in an automated fashion so as to control generation of the magnetic containment field;
• wherein the safety circuit comprises a pressure activated safety switch configured to interrupt the supply of current to the electromagnet when a pressure applied to the safety switch is less than a threshold pressure value.

A method for transporting hyperpolarized substance comprising:

• securing a container holding a hyperpolarized substance within a transport vessel, the container being positioned in a chamber formed in the transport vessel;
• generating a magnetic containment field about the chamber and about the container by way of an electromagnet of the transport vessel, the electromagnet configured to generate a homogeneous magnetic containment field having a controlled polarity that is free of switching between positive and negative charges so as to prolong a hyperpolarized state of the hyperpolarized substance;
• and
• selectively terminating the magnetic containment field in an automated fashion based upon a sensing of one or more parameters exceeding or falling below a pre-determined threshold value, the magnetic containment field being selectively terminated by way of a safety circuit of the transport vessel.