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US 2022/0026029 A1Published application
Canister Caps for Cryopreservation Applications
AssigneeCooperSurgical, Inc.
InventorsNicole Badalyan, Kevin Lord, Sydney Zoretic, Claire Tantillo
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Abstract
A cap for closing a canister includes a receptacle including a bottom wall, and one or more walls extending upward from the bottom wall and defining an opening of the receptacle that is configured to receive a body of the canister, and a handle extending upward from the receptacle and defining vertical slots that are configured to receive respective hooks of the canister.
Claims24
A cap for closing a canister, the cap comprising:
- a receptacle comprising:
- a bottom wall;
- and
- one or more walls extending upward from the bottom wall and defining an opening of the receptacle that is configured to receive a body of the canister;
- and
- a handle extending upward from the receptacle and defining vertical slots that are configured to receive respective hooks of the canister.
3 more elements
A canister assembly comprising:
- a canister comprising a body for storing samples and hooks that extend from the body for engaging a surrounding housing;
- and
- a cap for closing the canister, the cap comprising:
- a receptacle comprising:
- a bottom wall;
- and
- one or more walls extending upward from the bottom wall and defining an opening of the receptacle that is configured to receive the body of the canister;
- and
- a handle extending upward from the receptacle and defining vertical slots in which the hooks of the canister are positioned.
6 more elements
A method of handling a canister, the method comprising:
- pulling a handle of a cap upward, thereby moving slots of the handle upward with respect to hooks of the canister that are positioned within the slots and secured to a surrounding housing, the handle extending upward from a receptacle of the cap;
- and
- abutting a receptacle of the cap with a body of the canister to move the canister upward, thereby disengaging the hooks of the canister from the surrounding housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.