IP Library Granted Patent US 11,090,225
Granted Patent B2
US 11,090,225 · App. 16/297,096 · Granted Aug 17, 2021

Protection device that promotes air flow for heat transfer

Inventors: Andreas Vlahinos (Castle Rock, CO); Stephen Joseph Scully, Jr. (Rochester, MN)
Assignee: Thaddeus Medical Systems, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,090,225
App. No.
16/297,096
Granted
Aug 17, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A portable fluid transportation enclosure can include a specimen carrier within a portable container that can be transported portably by a user. The carrier can define one or more specimen bores therein, where each specimen bore can be configured to receive a specimen therein. Such a gyroid shaped carrier within a container can improve heat transfer between specimen supported by the carrier and can help to limit shock transferred to the specimen within the carrier, such as from an impact to the container in which the gyroid carrier is located.

Claims (25)

1. A portable transportation enclosure comprising:

a gyroid carrier defining one or more specimen bores therein, each specimen bore configured to receive a specimen therein.

2. The portable transportation enclosure of claim 1 , wherein the gyroid carrier comprises a geometric shape of a gyroid.

3. The portable transportation enclosure of claim 2 , wherein the geometric shape is a cuboid geometry.

4. The portable transportation enclosure of claim 1 , wherein the gyroid carrier is at least partially defined by a plurality of parallel corrugated horizontal surfaces.

5. The portable transportation enclosure of claim 4 , wherein the gyroid carrier is at least partially defined by a plurality of parallel corrugated vertical surfaces.

6. The portable transportation enclosure of claim 5 , wherein the corrugated vertical surfaces together form a plurality of vertical flow paths through the gyroid carrier.

7. The portable transportation enclosure of claim 5 , wherein the corrugated horizontal surfaces together form a plurality of horizontal flow paths through the gyroid carrier.

8. The portable transportation enclosure of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of vertical flow paths together with the plurality of horizontal flow paths are configured to promote air flow through the gyroid carrier and around the specimen bores to promote heat transfer between tubes disposed in the specimen bores and air passing through the plurality of vertical flow paths and the plurality of horizontal flow paths.

9. The portable transportation enclosure of claim 4 , wherein the gyroid carrier is at least partially defined by a plurality of through-bores.

10. The portable transportation enclosure of claim 1 , further comprising:

a heat sink adjacent the gyroid carrier, the heat sink configured to transfer heat between air within the portable transportation enclosure and an ambient environment.

11. The portable transportation enclosure of claim 1 , wherein the heat sink includes a thermo-electric cooler.

12. A portable enclosure comprising:

a carrier having a shape of a triply periodic minimal surface defining one or more product openings therein, each product opening configured to receive a product therein.

13. The enclosure of claim 12 , wherein the shape of the carrier is a Schwarz surface.

14. The enclosure of claim 13 , wherein the carrier shape is one of a P type, D type, H type, or CLP type Schwarz surface.

15. The enclosure of claim 14 , wherein a geometric perimeter shape of the carrier is a cuboid.

16. The enclosure of claim 12 , wherein the carrier is at least partially defined by a plurality of parallel corrugated horizontal surfaces, a plurality of substantially parallel corrugated vertical surfaces, a plurality of parallel corrugated lateral surfaces, and a plurality of parallel corrugated transverse surfaces.

17. The enclosure of claim 16 , wherein the corrugated vertical surfaces together form a plurality of vertical flow paths through the carrier, and wherein the corrugated horizontal surfaces together form a plurality of horizontal flow paths through the carrier.

18. The enclosure of claim 17 , wherein the plurality of vertical flow paths together with the plurality of horizontal flow paths are configured to promote air flow through the gyroid and around the product openings to promote heat transfer between products disposed in the product openings and air passing through the plurality of vertical flow paths and the plurality of horizontal flow paths.

19. The enclosure of claim 12 , wherein the carrier is at least partially defined by a plurality of through-bores.

20. A transportation system comprising:

a container including outer walls and defining an opening therein; and

a carrier positionable within the opening of the container, the carrier defining a cavity configured to receive a product, the carrier having a shape of a triply periodic minimal surface.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2025
From: THADDEUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
To: AT HOME HEALTH, INC.
Reel/Frame 073328/0674 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2019
From: VLAHINOS, ANDREAS; SCULLY, STEPHEN JOSEPH, JR.
To: THADDEUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 049960/0938 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62640512 · Mar 8, 2018
Related Publication 20190274925A1 · Sep 12, 2019
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