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Temperature-stabilized storage systems

  • US 9,174,791 B2
  • Filed: 12/27/2007
  • Issued: 11/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A substantially thermally sealed storage container, comprising:

  • an outer assembly including one or more sections of ultra efficient insulation material substantially defining at least one thermally sealed storage region, wherein the ultra efficient insulation material includes at least two layers of thermal reflective film separated by vacuum, and wherein the outer assembly includes a mechanically operable outer assembly interlock configured to reversibly restrict egress of one or more packaged material units when closed or allow egress of the one or more packaged material units when open;

    an inner assembly including a mechanically operable inner assembly interlock including a region of a size and shape to align with the one or more packaged material units and configured to reversibly restrict egress of the one or more packaged material units when closed or allow egress of the one or more packaged material units when open to provide controllable egress of the one or more packaged material units from one or more of the at least one thermally sealed storage region to the mechanically operable outer assembly interlock;

    an intermediate region between the inner assembly interlock and the outer assembly interlock, the intermediate region following a serpentine path through which the one or more packaged material units are removable from the at least one thermally sealed storage region, the intermediate region configured to completely enclose the one or more packaged materials therein between the closed inner and outer interlock assemblies; and

    one or more heat sink units containing frozen water, the one or more heat sink units thermally connected to one or more of the at least one thermally sealed storage region.

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