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AssigneeBioTillion, LLC
InventorsHananel Davidowitz, Theodore N. Altman, Ke Wang, Zhengyan Zhai, Jeremy Basch, Ron Or
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A technique for tracking, for example, the temperature of one or more sample vials containing biological material stored in a low-temperature shipping vessel. Each sample vial has vial electronics that senses temperature and transmits temperature data to the reader head of a reader device, which has a controller that is not at the low temperature. In some implementations, the shipping vessel has a cap with a recess that houses the controller and a hollow plug that houses a cable that connects the controller to the reader head that is located in the vessel's cold interior sufficiently close to the sample vial to enable interaction with the vial electronics. In some implementations, the reader head transmits electrical power to the vial electronics. By tracking the temperature of individual sample vials rather than the temperature of the vessel interior, more-relevant temperature data is available.
An article of manufacture comprising vial electronics comprising one or more sensors capable of generating sensor data corresponding to one or more physical parameters associated with a sample vial capable of storing biological material.
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