A dry ice transport insulated box for cell-based products
By designing a partitioned dry ice transport insulated box, the problems of thermometer deviation and unstable cell quality were solved, enabling accurate temperature monitoring and standardized transportation, and meeting the needs of regular transportation volumes.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- SHANGHAI YANHUA ZHONGKANG BIOPHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD
- Filing Date
- 2025-08-29
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-30
AI Technical Summary
The lack of a dedicated dry ice transport insulated box in the current technology makes it easy for thermometers to be misplaced during the transportation of cell products, resulting in inaccurate temperature measurements. In addition, the lack of a partition design leads to unstable cell quality.
A dry ice transport insulated box including a box body and a box lid was designed. The box body is divided into a product storage area and a dry ice placement area by partitions. The thermometer is fixed to the side plate of the box body, and the temperature probe extends into the product storage area. There is also a dedicated area for cryopreservation tubes and cryopreservation bags, and multiple thermometers are provided to ensure the accuracy of temperature monitoring.
It enables accurate temperature monitoring without affecting the thermometer during transportation, avoids the impact of bumps and collisions on cell quality, and provides a standardized dry ice transport packaging form to meet the needs of regular transportation volume.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This utility model belongs to the field of transport box technology, and in particular relates to a dry ice transport insulated box for cell products. Background Technology
[0002] With the development of biomedical and engineering technologies, the demand for transportation of items including stem cells, blood, and tissue specimens is increasing.
[0003] However, the insulated transport boxes for cells currently on the market have the following problems:
[0004] There are no dedicated dry ice transport insulated boxes; generally, foam boxes plus dry ice are used for packaging, which is a simple packaging method.
[0005] Cell products lack specialized compartmentalization designs based on different packaging formats and are often packaged in fixed locations, which could affect the quality stability of cells due to transportation bumps or accidental impacts.
[0006] The thermometer was not placed in a designated location during transportation. Due to the bumps and jostles during transport, the thermometer probe may have deviated from its original position, resulting in the temperature readings not accurately reflecting the product's transportation status. Utility Model Content
[0007] The purpose of this utility model is to solve the above problems and provide a dry ice transport insulated box for cell products, including a box body and a box lid. The box body is divided into sections by partitions, including a product storage area and a dry ice placement area surrounding the product storage area. A thermometer is provided on one side of the box body, and the temperature probe of the thermometer extends into the product storage area. The box body and the box lid are fixedly connected by a locking mechanism.
[0008] Furthermore, the product storage area is a square area located in the center of the box, while the dry ice placement area is a trapezoidal area located around the product storage area. The thermometer is fixed to the side panel on any side of the box, and its temperature probe passes through the dry ice placement area and extends into the product storage area.
[0009] Furthermore, the product storage area includes a cryopreservation tube area for storing cryopreservation tubes and a cryopreservation bag area for storing cryopreservation bags. The cryopreservation tube area includes multiple square cryopreservation tube placement slots separated by partitions; the cryopreservation bag area includes multiple long strip cryopreservation bag placement slots separated by partitions.
[0010] The cryovials are placed in a square cryovial box, which is then placed in the cryovial placement slot.
[0011] The cryopreservation bags are placed in the strip-shaped cryopreservation boxes, which are then placed in the cryopreservation bag placement slots.
[0012] Furthermore, there are at least two thermometers, with the temperature probes of the two thermometers extending into the cryopreservation tube placement slot and the cryopreservation bag placement slot, respectively.
[0013] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of this utility model are mainly reflected in:
[0014] This invention features a thermometer located on the outside of the enclosure, allowing temperature monitoring without opening the enclosure and ensuring the enclosure temperature remains unaffected. Furthermore, it incorporates two temperature display devices to prevent data collection failures caused by the malfunction of one device, thus ensuring informed product usage decisions.
[0015] This invention fills the gap in the market where there are currently no dedicated dry ice insulated boxes, making the packaging of dry ice transportation more standardized.
[0016] The design capacity of this utility model device can basically meet the single transport volume of conventional health products or the single transport volume of cell bank transfers.
[0017] This utility model's transport box isolates the storage devices for each cell in separate areas, preventing the cells from being affected by collisions during transport and thus ensuring their quality stability. Attached Figure Description
[0018] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a dry ice transport insulated box for cell-based products according to the present invention. Detailed Implementation
[0019] The following is a more detailed description of a dry ice transport insulated box for cell-based products, with reference to the schematic diagrams, which illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention. It should be understood that those skilled in the art can modify the present invention described herein while still achieving its advantageous effects. Therefore, the following description should be understood as being of general knowledge to those skilled in the art and is not intended to limit the present invention.
[0020] like Figure 1 As shown, a dry ice transport insulated box includes a box body 1 and a box lid 2. The box body 1 and the box lid 2 are locked together by latches 8, specifically, the latches 8 are duckbill-shaped latches. Inside the box body 1, a partition 3 separates a dry ice storage area 6 and a product storage area. The product storage area is located in the center of the box body 1 and is square. Four dry ice storage areas 6 are provided, located on the four sides of the product storage area, and are trapezoidal. The total area of the dry ice storage area 6 is at least 1:1 compared to the area of the product storage area, thus ensuring that the temperature is maintained at approximately -80℃ during cell transport. The latches 8 are designed to prevent the insulated box from being accidentally opened during transport, thus ensuring that the transport temperature is maintained stably at approximately -80℃.
[0021] To improve the diversity of cells that can be transported within the dry ice transport insulated box, and considering that the most common cell storage containers on the market are cryovials or cryopreservation bags, and that the packaging containers used are three-dimensional square cryopreservation boxes and flat rectangular cryopreservation boxes, which are designed to hold the maximum number of cells, this invention sets up a product storage area including a cryovial area and a cryopreservation bag area. The cryovial area is used to place cryovials and includes eight square cryovial placement slots 5 (2×4). The cryovials are placed in 9×9 square cryopreservation boxes, which are then placed in the cryovial placement slots 5. Each square cryopreservation box can hold 81 cryovials, therefore, the cryovial area can hold a total of 648 cryovials. The cryopreservation bag area is used to place cryopreservation bags, with two rows of 20 cryopreservation bag placement slots 4 in each row. The cryopreservation bag placement slots are strip-shaped, and the two rows of cryopreservation bag placement slots 4 have different lengths, which can be used to transport multiple types of cells. This invention avoids cell quality issues caused by collisions during transportation by installing a partition 3 between each cryopreservation bag and cryopreservation box. The capacity of the product storage area is generally sufficient to meet the single-transport volume of conventional health products or the single-transport volume of cell bank transfers.
[0022] To monitor the temperature inside the transport container at all times, we installed two thermometers (7) on the right side of the container. These thermometers (7) are Jingchuang ultra-low temperature sensors, model: lot Log-20S TLE, which can display the internal temperature of container 1 in real time. The use of two thermometers (7) prevents a single unexpected malfunction from disrupting the temperature monitoring of container 1 throughout the entire process.
[0023] The above are merely preferred embodiments of this utility model and do not constitute any limitation on this utility model. Any equivalent substitutions or modifications made by those skilled in the art to the technical solutions and contents disclosed in this utility model without departing from the scope of the technical solutions of this utility model shall still fall within the protection scope of this utility model.
Claims
1. A dry ice shipping cooler for cellular products, characterized in that, The device includes a box body and a lid. The box body is divided into sections by partitions, including a product storage area and a dry ice placement area surrounding the product storage area. A thermometer is provided on one side of the box body, and the temperature probe of the thermometer extends into the product storage area. The box body and the lid are fixedly connected by a latch.
2. The dry ice shipping cooler for cellular products of claim 1, wherein, The product storage area is a square area located in the center of the box. The dry ice placement area is a trapezoidal area located around the product storage area. The thermometer is fixed to the side plate on any side of the box, and its temperature probe passes through the dry ice placement area and extends into the product storage area.
3. The dry ice shipping cooler for cellular products of claim 2, wherein, The product storage area includes a cryopreservation tube area for storing cryopreservation tubes and a cryopreservation bag area for storing cryopreservation bags. The cryopreservation tube area includes multiple square cryopreservation tube placement slots separated by partitions; the cryopreservation bag area includes multiple long strip-shaped cryopreservation bag placement slots separated by partitions. The cryopreservation tubes are placed in a square cryopreservation box, and the square cryopreservation box is placed in a cryopreservation tube placement slot; The cryopreservation bag is placed in a strip-shaped cryopreservation box, and the strip-shaped cryopreservation box is placed in a cryopreservation bag placement slot.
4. The dry ice shipping cooler for cellular products of claim 3, wherein, The number of thermometers is at least two, and the temperature probes of the two thermometers are respectively inserted into the cryopreservation tube placement slot and the cryopreservation bag placement slot.