New Color-Coded Freezer Boxes Enhance Cryogenic Storage

A new line of colored cryogenic storage boxes was designed to be a key component in a series of innovative solutions for problems relating to organizing and retrieving samples held in deep freezers and under liquid nitrogen.

The Wheaton (Millville, NJ, USA) KeepIT Freezer Boxes complement Wheaton's line of CryoELITE Cryogenic Vials. Both boxes and vials are colored, which allows color-coding to enable faster batching and easier sample identification. For digital traceability, the KeepIT boxes have openings in the bottom tray that allow for scanning of barcode bottom inserts on the CryoELITE vials. The bottom openings also allow for the quick draining of liquid nitrogen.

The KeepIT boxes are constructed of Eastman Tritan, a bisphenol-A (BPA) free, shatter resistant resin that withstands extreme freeze/thaw cycles, moisture, and exposure to solvents such as DMSO. The transparent cover permits easy viewing of sample vials while closed.

Wheaton currently offers the KeepIT-100, which stores up to 100 internal-threaded, 1.2 mL - 2 mL CryoELITE vials, and the KeepIT-81, which accommodates up to 81 external-threaded, 1.2 mL - 2 mL CryoELITE vials. Both boxes fit the standard footprint used with most liquid nitrogen storage shelves and freezer drawers.

The KeepIT Freezer Box and CryoELITE vials are components of Wheaton BioBanking Solutions, a comprehensive offering of products and customized services for research that also includes glass or plastic cryogenic containers, biobank storage boxes, barcoding, and scanners.

"We work closely with scientific innovators to develop containment solutions that accommodate their life's work," said Stephen R. Drozdow, president of Wheaton. "These products are designed to support researchers who want to build a secure biorepository with confidence right from the start."

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