Abstract: An automated device for storing, preserving and providing bags of blood comprises a control unit and a refrigerated cell containing a plurality of storage modules on top of one another. Each module comprises a storage disc which has on it a plurality of radially open compartments intended for housing the bags and it is equipped with a motor of axial rotation of the disc so as to bring, driven by the control unit, a selected compartment with its radial opening to a corresponding area for loading/unloading the bags. Advantageously, for each module the loading/unloading area comprises, towards the outside of the cell, an opening equipped with a door controlled electrically so as to allow or inhibit the access to the compartment brought to the area for loading/unloading through rotation of the disc.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a freezer 10 of the very low temperature vertical type. The freezer 10 comprises: a thermally insulating cabinet 12 comprising in turn two side walls 14 and 16, an upper wall 18, a lower wall 20 and a rear wall 22; a thermally conducting shelf 24 suitable for defining, inside the cabinet, an upper compartment 26 and a lower compartment 28; an upper door 30 for closing the upper compartment 26; and a lower door 32 for closing the lower compartment 28. The freezer comprises a single cooling plant 34 designed to cool the upper compartment and the lower compartment. Moreover, the thermally conducting shelf defines an air-tight closure between the upper compartment and the lower compartment. Finally, the cooling plant comprises a coil circuit 36 running through the upper wall, the side walls and the rear wall of the cabinet. The coils are distributed with a variable density along the height of the cabinet.