Patent ID: 9723831
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A01N,G02B

Claim:
1. An automated biological material cryopreservation and thawing system comprising: (a) a carrier plate having (i) an area for holding unprocessed biological material, (ii) a multi-well area for holding biological material processing solutions, and (iii) a straw area for holding one or more vitrification straws; (b) a first robot connected to a manipulator to manipulate the biological material and the processing solutions; (c) a multiple degrees of freedom second robot to manipulate the vitrification straws; (d) a microscope and an image capturing device operatively linked to the microscope to capture images of the biological material, the manipulator and the vitrification straws; (e) a computer readable medium having executable instructions; (f) an automated vitrification straw-sealing machine and an automated cryopreservation storage device; and (g) a processor for executing the executable instructions of the computer readable medium; said executable instructions including instructions for automatically: (i) processing the captured images, and (ii) operatively controlling the microscope, the image capturing device, the first robot, and the second robot, and wherein the instructions for operatively controlling the second robot, include instructions to seal the vitrification straw in the vitrification straw-sealing machine, and to transfer the sealed vitrification straw into the automated cryopreservation storage device.