The UK Stem Cell Bank has been equipped with a complete liquid nitrogen distribution system supplied by Thames Cryogenics. The package is comprised of a bulk storage tank, super-insulated vacuum piping and biological freezers.
Thames Cryogenics has supplied a complete liquid nitrogen distribution system to the UK Stem Cell Bank. It is the world’s first stem cell bank of its type, and has the potential to provide enormous advances in clinical therapy.
Thames Cryogenics, in association with the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC), has contributed to development of the UK Stem Cell Bank project by supplying a substantial package of the equipment making up the stem cell repository.
The 9000 litre liquid nitrogen bulk storage tank supplying the NIBSC freezer room feeds a Thames Cryogenics dewar-filling station. Liquid nitrogen is also transferred to the Stem Cell facility via the company’s trademark SIVL (super-insulated vacuum piping), from a pair of 240 litre pressurised cylinders with an automated changeover unit which in turn feeds a bank of three vapour-phase freezers.
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