Multi-functional living tissue transporter case
OwnerPaul W. Waltzing, Diego Balarezoinventors
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Abstract
A transportation container system for living tissue includes a cryocooler that provides chilled cooling fluid, typically air preferably with added oxygen, using a piston-driven Stirling engine. The chilled cooling fluid is distributed near the living tissue by a network of electronically-controlled valves. The transportation container system for living tissue further includes a high-conductivity inner wall, temperature sensors on the cooling platform, and an electronic control system that monitors temperature and enables enhanced remote and transporter control of the temperature and the composition of the physical environment surrounding the living tissue.
Claims13
A transportation container system for living tissue, the transportation container system comprising:
- a cryocooler with a piston-driven Stirling engine, the cryocooler is configured with a network of thermally conductive conduits configured to distribute a cooling fluid for release within the transportation container system at electronically-controlled valves, the piston-driven Stirling engine configured for compression and expansion of a working fluid to provide cooling to a user-designated temperature setting;
- a plurality of electronically-controlled valves configured to dynamically open or close to provide the cooling fluid at a uniform temperature surrounding the living tissue;
- an inner wall within the transportation container system comprising a high-thermal-conductivity material;
- a plurality of temperature sensors on the inner wall of the transportation container system configured to indicate an average temperature surrounding the living tissue and further configured to permit a transporter to monitor thermal conditions within the transportation container system;
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- an electronic control system configured to automatically adjust the cooling fluid using the plurality of electronically-controlled valves, further configured to display the average temperature indicated by the plurality of temperature sensors, further configured to enable a user-designated temperature setting for the cooling fluid surrounding the living tissue, and further configured to control a physical environment near the living tissue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.