Medical contact shock freezer

• Main Authors: Fischbach, Jos, Rushing, Alan
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.03.2023
• Subjects: BLASTING; COLD ROOMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT COVERED BY ANY OTHERSUBCLASS; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEATING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; ICE-BOXES; LIGHTING; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; REFRIGERATORS; WEAPONS

A medical contact shock freezer (10) adapted for fast freezing a plurality of individual bags (41-43, 51-53) containing a medical liquid, the individual bags being arranged side by side, adjacent to each other, in which the contact shock freezer comprises a pair of freezing plates comprising an upper freezing plate (21) and a lower freezing plate (22), at least one of the upper and lower freezing plates of the pair being moveable to define i) a loading position in which sufficient separation is provided between the freezing plates to load or unload the individual bags between the freezing plates and ii) a freezing position in which each individual bag is in contact with and is clamped between a contact surface of the upper freezing plate and a contact surface of the lower freezing plate; and in which, in its freezing position, the contact surface of the upper freezing plate is arranged at an angle of at least 2° to the horizontal.