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Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2010

Filed:

Sep. 05, 2002
Applicants:

Uri Meir, Kibbutz Bet Hashita, IL;

Yoram Amsalem, Gan Yavneh, IL;

Yehudit Natan, Holon, IL;

Amir Arav, Tel Aviv, IL;

Inventors:

Uri Meir, Kibbutz Bet Hashita, IL;

Yoram Amsalem, Gan Yavneh, IL;

Yehudit Natan, Holon, IL;

Amir Arav, Tel Aviv, IL;

Assignee:

Core Dynamics Limited, Hamilton, BM;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/02 (2006.01); F25D 13/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and a device for improved freezing of biological containing living cells is disclosed. Directional cooling coupled with agitation, preferably rotation, of the vessel containing the biological sample allows for the freezing of large volume samples at much greater rates than before. Whether a sample is large or not, the greater thermal homogeneity during the freezing process as well as the resulting crystal morphology yield a frozen sample which is exceptionally suited for lyophilization.


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