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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Thermal Clinical Solutions Ltd., Tortola, VG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 3/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 3/08 ;
Abstract
This invention discloses a thermal envelope including a pouch (,) and a flap that closes the pouch and thermal capacitance material (,) that lines the pouch, wherein the thermal capacitance material (,) has an initial temperature in a temperature range of −5 degrees C. to 20 degrees C., characterized by the thermal capacitance material having a thermal that maintains a temperature of the medical sample placed in the pouch (,) within the temperature range during a period of time not more than 7 hours from the time the medical sample was placed in the pouch. A method for sending a medical sample from a sampling site to a laboratory is also disclosed.