Patent ID: 9557090
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A01N,F25D

Claim:
1. A method for hyper-fast cooling of samples, comprising: pressurizing a liquid coolant; securing a sample in a sample container; securing the sample container onto an insertion mechanism; inserting the sample container into a cryogenic cooling chamber through an opening of the cooling chamber; locking the insertion mechanism and securing the sample container in place some distance away from a cooling head, but within range of a continuous stream of pressurized liquid coolant; cooling the sample at a hyper-fast rate by spraying the sample container with the continuous stream of pressurized liquid coolant from a plurality of inlet nozzles formed into the cooling head, and removing an evaporated flow of gas formed by a warming of the liquid coolant after it has been reflected off of the sample container by a plurality of suction nozzles also formed into the cooling head; and retrieving the sample container after cooling.