Patent ID: 7228688

Claim:
Apparatus for at least one of freezing and thawing at least one bioproduct, comprising: a unit for at least one of freezing and thawing at least one bioproduct on a small scale, the unit comprising at least two opposite surfaces for accepting a bioproduct container for the unit when the bioproduct container is present; wherein at least one of the at least two opposite surfaces is configured to be coupled to at least one driving device for at least one of freezing and thawing, wherein at least one of (a) a spacing of the at least two opposite surfaces and (b) a width of the bioproduct container for the unit, is sized to simulate a depth of a larger bioproduct container for a larger-scale unit taken between freezing surfaces of the larger bioproduct container, and wherein information about the at least one bioproduct at the large scale is deducible from actual information obtained for the at least one bioproduct at the small scale.