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Cryogenic system having unique storage frames for storing bio-organic specimens

  • US 6,378,314 B1
  • Filed: 02/06/2001
  • Issued: 04/30/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a cryogenic system for storing bio-organic specimens at sub-zero temperatures in a cryogenic vessel, a cryogenic storage specimen frame for receiving and supporting one or more bio-organic specimen canisters, comprising:

  • elongated, normally upright, side walls extending between bottom ends and top ends;

    a narrow top wall extending between the top ends of the side walls;

    said top wall having a handle thereon to enable the frame to be carried upright;

    a narrow bottom wall extending between the bottom ends of the side walls;

    a narrow back wall extending between the side walls to partially enclose the frame defining an elongated narrow, normally upright, frame cavity having an elongated narrow front opening;

    at least one frame divider extending between the side walls spaced from the top and bottom walls dividing the frame cavity into more than one normally vertically spaced compartments for receiving and supporting canisters therein; and

    abutment means projecting into each compartment adjacent the front opening for preventing a canister from inadvertently being dislodged from the frame.

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