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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
May. 04, 2010
Richard W. Childs, Bethesda, MD (US);
Herb Cullis, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Sumithira Vasu, Bethesda, MD (US);
Phillippe Jean Broussard, Finksburg, MD (US);
Kevin Douglas Clark, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Eric Kelsey Harting, Rockville, MD (US);
Richard W. Childs, Bethesda, MD (US);
Herb Cullis, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Sumithira Vasu, Bethesda, MD (US);
Phillippe Jean Broussard, Finksburg, MD (US);
Kevin Douglas Clark, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Eric Kelsey Harting, Rockville, MD (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for selectively accessing a portion of a sterile cryopreserved sample are disclosed. The apparatus may include a container configured to receive the cryopreserved sample and having a first portion and a second portion, a heat sink chamber surrounding the first portion of the container, and a heat source adjacent to the second portion of the container. The chamber may be configured to maintain a non-accessed portion of the sample in a cryopreserved state. The heat source may be configured to separating an accessed portion of the sample from the non-accessed portion of the sample while maintaining the viability of the accessed portion while the non-accessed portion is maintained in the cryopreserved state.