公开(公告)号：WO2021086983A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-06

申请号：PCT/US2020/057764

申请日：2020-10-28

Applicant: TMRW LIFE SCIENCES, INC.

Inventor： BLAIR, William, Alan ,  SHARP, Timothy, Alan ,  GUPTA, Amit ,  GO, Kathryn, Jospehine ,  GARBARINI, William, Nicholas

IPC: B01L3/00 ,  A01N1/02

Abstract: A system and method facilitates transfers of specimen containers (e.g., vials with caps) between storage cassettes and carrier cassettes. The storage cassettes are designed to be stored in cryogenic refrigerators while the carrier cassettes are designed to be temporarily stored in a portable carrier. Identification information is read from wireless transponders carried by the specimen containers. Visual mappings of the positions of the specimen container in the cassettes is provided. Presence and position of the specimen containers in the cassettes is verified, and alerts of inconsistencies provided along with corrective commands. Inventories of specimen container and even specific specimen holders are provided.