Sample carrier for cryoconservation of biological samples

US7435582B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V. · US

Inventors

• Ulrich Zimmermann · Waldbrunn, DE
• Heiko Zimmermann · Frankfurt am Main, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 29, 2003
• Grant date: Oct 14, 2008
• Expiry date: Sep 6, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N1/42
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to sample supports and methods for cryoconservation, especially the cryoconservation of biological materials, comprising at least one sample reservoir used to receive a biological sample. A support body is disposed in the sample reservoir, made of a material having a volume structure, consisting of a plurality of open, inner cavities which can be filled with the sample. The invention also relates to the use of motor vehicle catalyst-structure or biomorphic ceramics for producing support bodies used to receive samples for cryoconservation.