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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2013
Tcp Reliable, Inc., Edison, NJ (US);
Maurice Barakat, Short Hills, NJ (US);
TCP Reliable, Inc., Edison, NJ (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a process of determining, at a point during shipment, whether the solid phase refrigerant in a shipment is sufficient to preserve the shipment cargo, which is blood or other biological products, for the remaining shipment period, by: monitoring the temperatures encountered to said point and estimating the temperatures likely to be encountered during the remaining shipment period; determining the likelihood that the remaining refrigerant can maintain the shipment cargo within a specified temperature range during the remaining shipment period; and if the risk that the remaining refrigerant cannot maintain the shipment cargo within said range during the remaining shipment period is above a cut-off level, then taking action to preserve the value of the cargo.