Dewar drying device
AssigneeCryoport, Inc.
InventorsEden Sanchez, Bret Bollinger, Ben Lee
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Abstract
Method, system, apparatus, and/or device for drying a dewar. The dewar drying apparatus includes a heating element. The heating element is configured to produce heat that warms a payload area within the dewar. The dewar drying apparatus includes a controller. The controller is coupled to the heating element and configured to determine or detect a temperature within the payload area of the dewar. The controller is configured to control, using the heating element, the temperature within the payload area of the dewar to evaporate a liquid or a gas within the payload area.
Claims25
A dewar drying apparatus for a dewar, comprising:
- a heating element that is configured to produce heat that warms a payload area within the dewar;
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- a controller coupled to the heating element and configured to:
- determine or detect a temperature within the payload area of the dewar, and
- control, using the heating element, the temperature within the payload area of the dewar to evaporate a liquid or a gas within the payload area.
A dewar drying system, comprising:
- a first dewar having a first payload area;
- a second dewar having a second payload area;
- a first dewar drying device having a first heating element configured to be inserted into the first dewar and produce heat that warms the first payload area of the first dewar;
- a second dewar drying device having a second heating element configured to be inserted into the second dewar and produce heat that warms the second payload area of the second dewar;
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- a controller coupled to the first dewar drying device and the second dewar drying device, and configured to:
- control, using the first heating element, a first temperature within the first payload area, and
- control, using, the second heating element, a second temperature within the second payload area.
A method of drying a dewar, comprising:
- determining or detecting, by a processor and using a sensor, a temperature within a payload area of the dewar;
- determining, by the processor, that the temperature within the payload area of the dewar is less than or equal to a first threshold;
- delivering, by the processor using a power source, electrical energy to a heating element to increase the temperature within the payload area;
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- providing, by the processor using an indicator, an indication to a user that the dewar is dry.
The method of claim 26, wherein providing the indication to the user that the dewar is dry includes illuminating a visual indicator to indicate that the dewar is dry.
A dewar drying system, comprising:
- a dewar having a payload area configured to hold a liquid or a gas below an ambient temperature;
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- a dewar drying device including:
- a heating element that is configured to produce heat that warms a payload area within the dewar;
- a sensor configured to detect a temperature within the payload area;
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- a controller coupled to the sensor and the heating element and configured to:
- determine or detect, using the sensor, the temperature within the payload area of the dewar, and
- increase, using the heating element, the temperature within the payload area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.