Abstract: An induction heating system including a container for storing a substance; a heating element in thermal contact with the substance; a machine readable tag in thermal contact with the substance, the tag having a machine readable temperature-dependant characteristic; an interrogator for reading the temperature-dependant characteristic of the tag and for determining the current temperature of the substance; an induction heater for generating an AC magnetic field to heat the heating element; and a heater controller for controlling operation of the induction heater, in response to the substance temperature determined by the interrogator, to heat the substance.

Abstract: A storage cassette, including: a housing having a substantially hollow interior to receive a biospecimen container via a housing opening; a cover for closing the housing opening; a lock mechanism to be moved between a locked position in which the cover is maintained in a closed position and an unlocked position in which the cover can be moved to an open position; and a latch mechanism which, when the storage cassette is inserted into a rack, prevents inadvertent removal of the storage cassette from the rack. A rack, including a plurality of stacked rack elements, each rack element including an interlocking mechanism for securing adjacent rack elements, wherein each rack element is adapted to receive a storage cassette or each rack element includes a housing having a substantially hollow interior to receive a biospecimen container via a housing opening and a cover for closing the housing opening.

Abstract: An induction heating system including a container for storing a substance; a heating element in thermal contact with the substance; a machine readable tag in thermal contact with the substance, the tag having a machine readable temperature-dependant characteristic; an interrogator for reading the temperature-dependant characteristic of the tag and for determining the current temperature of the substance; an induction heater for generating an AC magnetic field to heat the heating element; and a heater controller for controlling operation of the induction heater, in response to the substance temperature determined by the interrogator, to heat the substance.