Patent ID: 9400966
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: F25D,G01K,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A process of determining, at a point during shipment, whether a solid phase refrigerant in a shipment container is sufficient to preserve a shipment cargo, which is blood, pharmaceuticals, organs or other biological products, for a remaining shipment period to an intended recipient, comprising: monitoring temperatures encountered and the time of exposure to such temperatures to said point by the shipment, using a logger which is connected to a plurality of sensors; determining a likelihood that the remaining refrigerant can maintain the shipment cargo within a specified temperature range during the remaining shipment period based on an estimation of the temperatures likely to be encountered and the time of exposure to said temperatures; and if 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 adding refrigerant to the shipment, moving the shipment to a faster transportation mode, moving the shipment to a temperature-controlled environment, or diverting the shipment to a different recipient.