Curved blood cassette system
AssigneeCryoport, Inc.
InventorsBret Bollinger, Ben Lee
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Abstract
A cylindrical container for holding one or more articles, such as blood bags. The cylindrical container may hold multiple curved article containers comprising the one or more articles arranged in a circle. The cylindrical holding container may embody a carousel shape for easy access to the curved article containers. The ends of the multiple curved article containers may overlap each other to nest into the cylindrical holding container. The cylindrical holding containers may be stackable. The cylindrical holding container may be placed in a cryogenic shipper or dewar, to secure and stabilize the articles within during transport.
Claims20
A holding container device comprising:
- a holding container axis;
- a plurality of curved article containers each comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is positioned closer to the holding container axis than the second end;
- and
- a main body, wherein each of the plurality of curved article containers are configured to removably attach to the main body.
A stackable article holding system comprising:
- a plurality of holding containers, each respective holding container comprising:
- a respective holding container axis;
- and
- a respective plurality of curved article containers, each respective curved article container of the respective holding container comprising a respective first end and a respective second end,
- wherein the respective first end is positioned closer to the respective holding container axis than the respective second end, and
- wherein the plurality of holding containers is configured to vertically stack.
A method of stacking curved article containers comprising:
- inserting an article into each of a plurality of curved article containers,
- wherein the plurality of curved article containers each have a first end and a second end;
- attaching the plurality of curved article containers to each of a plurality of holding containers,
- wherein each of the plurality of holding containers has a holding container axis, and
- wherein the first end of each of the plurality of curved article containers is positioned closer to the holding container axis than the second end of each of the plurality of curved article containers;
- and
- stacking the plurality of holding containers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.