Method and scalable devices for hyper-fast cooling and warming

A system for hyper-fast cooling of biological samples, comprising:

• a cooling chamber comprising an atomizing nozzle for directing a flow of liquid cryogenic refrigerant against a surface of a container of the biological samples for cooling the biological samples at a rate of 50,000° C/minute or greater, and further comprising a first heat insulating curtain located at a first position on a first vertical wall of the apparatus for allowing the container to pass through the first vertical wall;
• a storage chamber coupled to the cooling chamber by a common vertical wall, the storage chamber comprising:
• a holding system for storing the container after it has been hyper-cooled by the flow of liquid cryogenic refrigerant from the atomizing nozzle;
• and
• a second heat insulating curtain located at a second position on the common vertical wall in horizontal alignment with the first heat insulating curtain;
• and
• a percussion motor drive coupled to the container for propelling the container horizontally into the cooling chamber through the first heat insulating curtain, placing the container adjacent to the atomizing nozzle, and which further acts to propel the container through the common wall and into the storage chamber, via the second heat insulating curtain, after the biological samples have been hyper-cooled;
• and;
• a warming chamber, comprising;
• a second common wall located opposite to the common wall;
• a third heat insulating curtain located at a third position on the second common wall, the third heat insulating curtain in horizontal alignment with the first and second heat insulating curtains;
• and
• a heating device located adjacent to the third heat insulating curtain for heating the biological samples, the heating device comprises a magnetic field source;
• wherein the percussion motor drive is further configured to extend the container horizontally through the storage chamber and into the warming chamber.