Imv Technologies

Jean-Louis Douesnel

Eric Schmitt

Christian Beau

Jean-Charles Gorges

Philippe Clairaz

Thierry Louviot

The invention concerns a cryogenic system () for vitrifying a substance comprising biological material to be preserved in a receiving region of a thin tube (), comprising a tank () containing a bath () of a cryogenic agent and a support member () mounted on said tank in a predetermined first position in which said tube is orientated upright, the receiving region being immersed in a liquid zone () of said bath, and an opening of said tube being situated above said bath, in a zone of ambient air above said bath, in order to introduce the substance into the tube, the support member being mounted on said tank in a second predetermined position, in which said receiving region is immersed in the liquid zone and said opening is situated immediately above said liquid zone, in a gaseous zone () of said bath above said liquid zone and below said zone of ambient air, and being raised from said second position.

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Breteuil sur Iton, France

Jean-Louis Douesnel