ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,037, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to VITRAFY LIFE SCIENCES PTY LTD (Hobart, Australia).
"Method and apparatus for freezing consumable products" was invented by Brent Owens (Hobart, Australia), Sean Cameron (Hobart, Australia) and Brian Taylor (Hobart, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for preserving consumable products comprising an inner housing arranged within an outer insulated housing, wherein walls of the inner housing define a compartment for receiving consumable products, said walls comprising an inlet wall for inflow of a heat exchange fluid into the compartment, an opposed outlet wall for outflow of a he...