US 12,279,610 B2
System for hypothermic transport of samples
Lisa Maria Anderson, Cambridge, MA (US); and Jared Alden Judson, Medford, MA (US)
Assigned to Paragonix Technonogies, Inc., Waltham, MA (US)
Filed by Paragonix Technologies, Inc., Braintree, MA (US)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/465,322.
Application 17/465,322 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/542,050, filed on Aug. 15, 2019, granted, now 11,178,866.
Application 16/542,050 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/870,209, filed on Jan. 12, 2018, granted, now 11,089,775.
Application 15/870,209 is a continuation of application No. 14/378,034, granted, now 9,867,368, issued on Jan. 16, 2018, previously published as PCT/US2013/054353, filed on Aug. 9, 2013.
Application 14/378,034 is a continuation of application No. 13/572,315, filed on Aug. 10, 2012, granted, now 8,828,710, issued on Sep. 9, 2014.
Application 13/572,315 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/420,962, filed on Mar. 15, 2012, granted, now 8,835,158, issued on Sep. 16, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/541,425, filed on Sep. 30, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/452,917, filed on Mar. 15, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2021/0392873 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01N 1/00 (2006.01); A01N 1/126 (2025.01); A01N 1/143 (2025.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01N 1/126 (2025.01) [A01N 1/143 (2025.01); C12M 45/22 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A canister for transporting a biological sample, comprising:
a sample storage chamber comprising a floor and walls and configured to receive a biological sample;
a removable lid operable to couple with the walls to form a sterile environment within the sample storage chamber, the removable lid having a chamber, a fill port, a vent between the chamber and an exterior of the transport container, and a valve between the chamber and the sample storage chamber, the removable lid further comprising bottom portion that forms an upper portion of the sample storage chamber when coupled thereto, wherein the valve and vent are positioned to direct fluids in the sample chamber to the valve, thereby allowing gases to be purged from the sample chamber through the valve to the chamber and from the chamber through the vent to the exterior of the canister as the sample chamber is filled with fluid through the fill port;
an adapter, separate from the fill port, and configured to couple to and suspend the biological sample from the bottom portion within the sterile environment without the biological sample contacting the floor and the walls;
a temperature sensor within the sterile environment and in communication with a temperature display readable outside the sterile environment without opening the removable lid; and
a plurality of cooling blocks positioned around an exterior of the canister.