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Controlled-environment medical container

US5285657A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 27, 1991
Grant dateFeb 15, 1994
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25D11/00
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The container with a thermally insulated enclosure (100) is equipped with a refrigerating unit (20), with a pumping unit (30), with a control unit and with an electrical power source. This container also comprises a disposable aseptic detachable transporting assembly (60) together with a reservoir bag for a physiological fluid, a collector bag for gathering this fluid, a vessel for transporting an organ with a device for suspending the organ, a fluid dispensing element and pipework (66) for connecting this reservoir bag, dispensing element, vessel and collector bag by passing via the pumping unit. Application for the preservation and transporting of live organs to be transplanted.

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