US 12,151,245 B2
Bio-specimen refrigeration system
Amanda G. Paulovich, Seattle, WA (US); Richard Ivey, Federal Way, WA (US); Jacob Kennedy, Seattle, WA (US); Travis Lorentzen, Bothell, WA (US); Amanda Woodcock, Seattle, WA (US); Scott C. Thielman, Seattle, WA (US); and Elijah E. Hooper, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Nov. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/531,260.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/116,509, filed on Nov. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0161263 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 7/00 (2006.01); B01L 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B01L 7/00 (2013.01) [B01L 2200/04 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0689 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1894 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bio-specimen refrigeration device, comprising:
a housing comprising a lid selectively moveable between an open position and a closed position;
a coolant cartridge chamber disposed in the housing and comprising a fluid inlet port configured to fluidically couple with a coolant cartridge disposed in the coolant cartridge chamber;
a cooling chamber disposed in the housing and configured to receive a fluid coolant from the coolant cartridge, wherein the fluid inlet port comprises a restriction configured to meter the fluid coolant as it is expelled from the coolant cartridge, and wherein in the closed position, the lid seals the cooling chamber; and
an activation mechanism configured to selectively place the coolant cartridge in fluid communication with the fluid inlet port by pushing on an end of the coolant cartridge, wherein the activation mechanism comprises a member disposed in the lid and movable from a deactivated position to an activated position, wherein the member is operably coupled with a plunger configured to push an actuator against the coolant cartridge when the lid is in the closed position and the member is moved to the activated position, wherein the activation mechanism comprises a lock that retains the member in the activated position.