Patent ID: 8863532

Claim:
A system for use in freezing, storing and thawing biopharmaceutical materials, said system comprising: a container for holding biopharmaceutical material therein, said container having an end and two faces, said end comprising a thickness of said container, and said two faces comprising length and a width of said container, said thickness having a dimension smaller than said length and said width; a holder having a cavity, said container received in said cavity, said holder comprising a support rim extending along a perimeter of said container and supporting said container; and said support rim comprising a first rim and a second rim facing one another and surrounding said container, said first rim and said second rim forming a curved perimeter of said cavity and each of said first rim and said second rim having a curvature with an inside surface thereof facing toward said cavity along said perimeter of said container, said curvature exterding around opposite container surfaces of said container to retain said container in said cavity such that said inside surface of said curvature contacts said end and one of said two faces; said holder comprising a first holder portion and a second holder portion being elastically deformable toward one another to inhibit damage to said container in response to a stress placed on said holder when said first portion and said second portion are connected to each other around the perimeter.