AU775486B2 - Cryoenic container having a reserve of liquid nitrogen and use for the storage of biological products - Google Patents

Cryoenic container having a reserve of liquid nitrogen and use for the storage of biological products Download PDF

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AU775486B2
AU775486B2 AU57923/00A AU5792300A AU775486B2 AU 775486 B2 AU775486 B2 AU 775486B2 AU 57923/00 A AU57923/00 A AU 57923/00A AU 5792300 A AU5792300 A AU 5792300A AU 775486 B2 AU775486 B2 AU 775486B2
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01NPRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
    • A01N1/00Preservation of bodies of humans or animals, or parts thereof
    • A01N1/02Preservation of living parts
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01NPRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
    • A01N1/00Preservation of bodies of humans or animals, or parts thereof
    • A01N1/02Preservation of living parts
    • A01N1/0236Mechanical aspects
    • A01N1/0242Apparatuses, i.e. devices used in the process of preservation of living parts, such as pumps, refrigeration devices or any other devices featuring moving parts and/or temperature controlling components
    • A01N1/0252Temperature controlling refrigerating apparatus, i.e. devices used to actively control the temperature of a designated internal volume, e.g. refrigerators, freeze-drying apparatus or liquid nitrogen baths
    • A01N1/0257Stationary or portable vessels generating cryogenic temperatures
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D3/00Devices using other cold materials; Devices using cold-storage bodies
    • F25D3/10Devices using other cold materials; Devices using cold-storage bodies using liquefied gases, e.g. liquid air
    • F25D3/105Movable containers
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D31/00Other cooling or freezing apparatus
    • F25D31/006Other cooling or freezing apparatus specially adapted for cooling receptacles, e.g. tanks
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2201/00Insulation
    • F25D2201/10Insulation with respect to heat
    • F25D2201/14Insulation with respect to heat using subatmospheric pressure

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Class Int. Class Application Number: Lodged: Complete Specification Lodged: Accepted: Published: Priority Related Art: Name of Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour I'Etude et I'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude Actual Inventor(s): CORNELIS KLOK Address for Service: PHILLIPS ORMONDE FITZPATRICK Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys 367 Collins Street Melbourne 3000 AUSTRALIA Invention Title: CRYOENIC CONTAINER HAVING A RESERVE OF LIQUID NITROGEN AND USE FOR THE STORAGE OF BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS OuI R:i 624633 POF Code: 1290/43509 The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to applicant(s): -1- 6006o The present invention relates to cryogenic containers having a reserve of liquid nitrogen for storing products, typically biological products, of the type comprising, in an outer shell, a central receptacle defining an internal volume accessible from the top and intended to receive the products.
Until recently, the preservation of the products in this type of container was provided by a volume of liquid nitrogen which is sufficient to maintain refrigeration in the container, filling the bottom of the receptacle, and in which part of the products stored is immersed.
This preservation in a partially liquid phase has proved to carry the risk of cross-contamination of the products by infectious agents not destroyed by the cold. The remedy this, it has been proposed to dispense with immersing part of the products in the liquid nitrogen contained in the receptacle by making the products rest on a false floor attached to the bottom of the receptacle. However, this approach has the drawback of necessitating a change in the height of the container in order to maintain the same height of the storage volume above the false floor and of the volume of nitrogen, thereby decreasing 0o the ergonomics of and the ease of access to the container. In addition, in order to limit this height, the volume of liquid nitrogen is relatively small, which means °o that there is greater difficulty in regulating the nitrogen level in order to maintain the refrigeration as well as a smaller safety margin should the system for o• maintaining the liquid nitrogen fail.
According to the present invention, there is provided a cryogenic container having a reserve of liquid nitrogen for storing products, including in an outer shell, a metal central receptacle defining an internal volume accessible via an upper access opening and intended to receive products, wherein the central receptacle is placed in an intermediate receptacle defining, with the central receptacle, a first closed volume intended to receive the liquid nitrogen and, with the outer shell, a second closed volume, further wherein said container includes circuitry for filling with liquid nitrogen, emerging in the top part of the first closed volume, and passing through the outer shell.
An advantage of the invention is the provision of a cryogenic container for gas-phase preservation, without any risk of products coming into contact with liquid nitrogen, therefore reducing the risks of contamination, the container X:EdnSpes'2633.doc 2 being of simple and effective design, having low manufacturing costs and guaranteeing nitrogen-level control safety.
According to one characteristic of the invention, the central receptacle is placed in an intermediate receptacle defining, around the central receptacle, a first closed volume intended to receive the liquid nitrogen and, with the outer shell, a second closed volume.
According to other more particular features of the invention: a vacuum superinsulation is provided in a second volume; the container comprises an upper orifice for access to the receptacle and which is able to be closed off, preferably hermetically, by a stopper made of insulating material.
The invention also relates to the use of such containers for the gasphase storage of biological products. Further characteristics and advantages of the invention will emerge from the following description of embodiments given by way of illustration but implying no limitation, in which:° Figures 1 and 2 are two longitudinal sectional views of two embodiments of a cryogenic container according to the invention. In the description which follows and in the drawings, identical or similar elements bear the same, but possibly superscripted, reference numbers. Figures 1 and 2 show a cryogenic container according to the invention, which mainly comprises a self-supporting outer shell 1, a metal internal receptacle 2 partially placed in an intermediate receptacle 3, also made of metal, defining, with the side wall and bottom wall of the central receptacle 2, a first closed volume 4 and, with the outer shell 1, a second closed volume completely surrounding the first closed volume. Typically, the receptacles 2 and 3 and the outer shell 1 are cylindrical and concentric. An upper sleeve 6, lying in the extension of the receptacle 2, joins together the upper ends of the X:Er1nSpeies~2433.doc 3 outer shell 1 and of the receptacle 3 and forms an opening for access to the internal volume of the receptacle 2 with the same diameter as the latter and able to be closed off by a removable stopper 7 made of insulating material. Advantageously, since the internal volume of the receptacle no longer contains any vaporizable liquid, requiring a venting passage, the stopper 7 can hermetically seal the container, thus greatly limiting the heat losses and guaranteeing improved refrigeration retention.
According to one aspect of the invention, the volume 4 forms an essentially annular chamber for a reserve of liquid nitrogen 8, jacketing the receptacle 2 with a significant height of liquid nitrogen and 15 guaranteeing a substantially homogeneous low eee.e9 temperature in the internal volume of the latter for proper preservation of the products 9 placed in pouches, cannisters or else, as shown, in racks of superposed drawers. The volume 5 also forms an essentially annular chamber completely enclosing the receptacle 3 and provided, in a conventional manner, with a vacuum superinsulation According to other aspects of the invention, a level control gauge or stick 10, of the capacitive 25 type, extends over the entire height of the volume 4, *9 passing through the upper wall of the outer shell 1, and filling circuitry 11 passes through the upper part of the outer shell 1 and the upper end of the intermediate receptacle 3 in order to pour the liquid nitrogen into the volume 4. The container is completed by a venting pipe 12 placed in the upper part, like the filling circuitry 11, partially surrounding the latter, in the embodiment shown in Figure 1, or at the same time providing the function of an overflow with a pipe 12' extending downwards and passing through the bottom of the outer shell 1 in the embodiment shown in Figure 2.
As shown schematically in the drawings, the receptacle 2 is furthermore advantageously supported by bearing, via a central stud 13, on a support structure 14 fastened to the bottom of the intermediate receptacle 3. In a variant (not shown), the point of access to the receptacle 2 being completely open, it is possible to provide, in the receptacle 2, a rotating tray for receiving products, as described in document EP-A-648 986 in the name of the Applicant.
In the container that has just be described, the outer shell 1 and the receptacles 2 and 3 joined together, typically by welding, are advantageously made of stainless steel, the stopper 7 being made of a moulded polyurethane foam with a reinforced skin of glass fibre. As shown, the outer shell 1 is advantageously provided with casters 15 for support and for movement, these being attached to the periphery of its base.
Although the invention has been described in relation to particular embodiments, it is not limited thereby but is capable of modifications and variants which will be apparent to those skilled in the art within the framework of the claims below.
Throughout the description and claims of the specification the word "comprise" and variations of the word, such as "comprising" and "comprises" is not intended to exclude other additives, components, integers or steps.
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1. Cryogenic container having a reserve of liquid nitrogen for storing products, including in an outer shell, a metal central receptacle defining an internal volume accessible via an upper access opening and intended to receive products, wherein the central receptacle is placed in an intermediate receptacle defining, with the central receptacle, a first closed volume intended to receive the liquid nitrogen and, with the outer shell, a second closed volume, further wherein said container includes circuitry for filling with liquid nitrogen, emerging in the top part of the first closed volume, and passing through the outer shell.
2. Container according to claim 1, wherein it includes a venting pipe emerging in the upper part of the first closed volume and passing through the outer shell.
3. Container according to either of the preceding claims, wherein it includes a liquid nitrogen level gauge immersed in the first closed volume. •go•
4. Container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the access opening can be closed off by a stopper made of insulating material.
Container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein it includes a vacuum superinsulation provided in the second volume.i.:
6. Container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the central receptacle and the intermediate receptacle are concentric.
7. Container according to claim 6, wherein the central receptacle and the intermediate receptacle are joined together by welding.
8. Use of a container according to any one of the preceding claims for the gas-phase storage of biological products. X:ErJnSpedesN24433.doc
9. A cryogenic container, substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Date: 25 May, 2004 Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick Attorneys For: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude XAEm%,Spees624833.doc
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