Patent ID: 9441893
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: A01N,B01F,C12N,F28F

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for thawing a frozen biological material, the apparatus comprising: a vessel having a biological material in an interior space of the vessel, the vessel having an upper portion extending around an upper portion of the interior space, a middle portion extending around a middle portion of the interior space and comprising an upper middle portion and a lower middle portion, and a lower portion extending around a lower portion of the interior space; a plurality of thermal transfer devices operatively associated with the vessel for transferring heat between the vessel and the thermal transfer device, comprising at least: at least one controller operatively associated with the first, second, third, and fourth thermal transfer devices for controlling the first, second, third, and fourth thermal transfer devices independently from one another, comprising the at least one controller being adapted for