Patents by Inventor Tomm Schmidt

Tomm Schmidt has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • ACCESSIBLE COOLING SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY FOR CRYOPRESERVING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES, AND METHOD FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140000307
    Abstract: A cooling system (1), especially for cryopreserving biological samples (2), comprises a cooling chamber (100) delimited by a bottom area (110), side walls (120), and a top area (130), and a cooling device (200) for cooling the cooling chamber (100) using liquid nitrogen (220). The bottom area (110) is designed for direct cooling using the liquid nitrogen, and the cooling chamber (100) is dimensioned such that an operator (3) can access and move around in the cooling chamber (100). The bottom area (110) has a platform (111) which is permeable to vapor of the liquid nitrogen (220) and forms a support zone for the operator (3). Methods for operating the cooling system are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicants: Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Gesundheit und Umwelt GmbH, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
    Inventors: Guenter R. Fuhr, Heiko Zimmermann, Bernd R. Kranz, Tomm Schmidt