Cryopreservation method and apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11903383B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-20

    申请号:US16652831

    申请日:2018-10-12

    申请人: Asymptote Ltd.

    IPC分类号: A01N1/02

    摘要: The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for the cryopreservation of biological samples involving a density assisted vitrification wherein a sample of biological material in a cryopreservation agent is cooled from its top surface, causing an ice layer to form thereon. As cooling continues the ice layer grows downwards through the sample to provide a cryoprotectant and biological material rich layer below the ice layer that undergoes vitrification as cooling continues to below the glass transition temperature.