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Flexible collapsible blood freezing containers

US4112989A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 6, 1975
Grant dateSep 12, 1978
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Expiry dateNov 6, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/1345
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Improved, flexible, collapsible containers are provided for the storage of frozen blood and the like at cryogenic temperatures. The containers are defined by plastic walls consisting essentially of a biaxially-oriented ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer containing from ten to thirty-five percent by weight of vinyl acetate units. The container wall thickness is typically from 0.01 to 0.025 inch.

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