Portable cooler with active temperature control
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1. A portable cooler container with active temperature control, comprising:
- a container body having a vacuum insulated chamber configured to receive and hold one or more containers of medicine;
a lid removably coupleable or hingedly coupleable to the container body to access the chamber; and
a temperature control system disposed in the container body between an outer container wall and the vacuum insulated chamber, the temperature control system comprisingone or more thermoelectric elements in thermal communication with an inner wall surface of the vacuum insulated chamber and operable to actively heat or cool at least a portion of the chamber, andcircuitry configured to control an operation of the one or more thermoelectric elements to heat or cool at least a portion of the vacuum insulated chamber to a predetermined temperature or temperature range; and
an electronic display screen configured to selectively display shipping information for the portable cooler container.
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Abstract
A portable cooler container with active temperature control system is provided. The active temperature control system is operated to heat or cool a chamber of a vessel to approach a temperature set point suitable for a medication stored in the cooler container.
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1. A portable cooler container with active temperature control, comprising:
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a container body having a vacuum insulated chamber configured to receive and hold one or more containers of medicine; a lid removably coupleable or hingedly coupleable to the container body to access the chamber; and a temperature control system disposed in the container body between an outer container wall and the vacuum insulated chamber, the temperature control system comprising one or more thermoelectric elements in thermal communication with an inner wall surface of the vacuum insulated chamber and operable to actively heat or cool at least a portion of the chamber, and circuitry configured to control an operation of the one or more thermoelectric elements to heat or cool at least a portion of the vacuum insulated chamber to a predetermined temperature or temperature range; and an electronic display screen configured to selectively display shipping information for the portable cooler container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A portable cooler container with active temperature control, comprising:
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a container body having a vacuum insulated chamber configured to receive and hold one or more containers of medicine; and a temperature control system disposed in the container body between an outer container wall and the vacuum insulated chamber, the temperature control system comprising one or more thermoelectric elements in thermal communication with an inner wall surface of the vacuum insulated chamber and operable to actively heat or cool at least a portion of the chamber, and circuitry configured to control an operation of the one or more thermoelectric elements to heat or cool at least a portion of the vacuum insulated chamber to a predetermined temperature or temperature range; and an electronic display screen actuatable to display shipping address information for the portable cooler container. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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