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Cryogenic vials

US8550273B2 · kind B2 · utility

27Cited by

43References

3Claims

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Assignee

Wheaton Industries, Inc. · US

Inventors

Benjamin Levin · Vineland, US
Brian Gatton · Alluvium, US
Peter M. Zielinski · Millville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 31, 2010
Grant date	Oct 8, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 5, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01L2300/0832
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A vial including an end wall with a given perimeter, a side wall depending from the end wall about the given perimeter, and a plug wall depending from the end wall such that an outer surface of the plug wall is radially inward and spaced from the side wall. The plug wall has an attached end portion and a free end portion. The outer surface along the attached end portion of the plug wall is angled relative to the end wall by a first angle and the outer surface along the free end portion is angled relative to the outer surface along the attached end portion and extends at a second angle relative to the end wall with the second angle being larger than the first angle.

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