Disclosed embodiments include portable devices for cold chain storage and methods of fabricating portable devices for cold chain storage. In an illustrative embodiment, a portable device for cold chain storage includes a container defining therein a storage region. The container includes an inner cylinder, and the storage region is defined coaxially inwardly of the inner cylinder. The inner cylinder includes phase change material disposed therein, and the phase change material is in thermal communication with the storage region. The inner cylinder also includes evaporative coils disposed therein. The evaporative coils are embedded in the phase change material. The container also includes a thermally insulated outer cylinder. An outer wall of the outer cylinder is disposed radially outwardly of an outer wall of the inner cylinder.

A tablet printing device (1) has a conveying disk (C) that conveys a tablet (3) while sucking and supporting a side surface (5) of the tablet (3) and inkjet heads (4) and (6) capable of applying print processing to the side surface (5) and front and back surfaces (7a) and (7b) of the tablet (3) conveyed by the conveying disk (C). The tablet (3) is transferred from a conveying disk (A) to a conveying disk (B) at a tablet delivery part (8a) and transferred from the conveying disk (B) to the conveying disk (C) at a tablet delivery part (8b). The tablet (3) is sucked to and supported by a suction hole (28) formed in an end surface (Xc) of the conveying disk (C) with a large part of the side surface (5) and the entire front and back surfaces (7a) and (7b) thereof exposed. A tablet provider name or the like is printed on the side surface (5) of the tablet (3) by the inkjet head (4), and an active ingredient name and/or volume are/is printed on the front and back surfaces (7a) and (7b).

A tablet printing device applies print processing to a tablet having an engraved mark display with a recessed groove part. The tablet printing device includes a conveying disk that conveys the tablet while sucking and supporting a side surface of the tablet and an inkjet head capable of applying print processing to the front and back surfaces of the tablet conveyed by the conveying disk. The inkjet head applies print processing to the recessed grooved part of the engraved mark display based on engraving position data obtained by a print surface inspection device. Print processing is performed along the engraved mark display, with the result that the engraved mark display is made clear, significantly improving the visibility thereof.

A box system for keeping medicine and other payloads at a desired temperature for prolonged periods of time is disclosed. The system generally includes three or more insulating materials between a refrigerant and the payload so that the payload is not cold-shocked by the refrigerant but instead maintains a desired temperature range during shipment. A box having foldable tabs for securing the materials to each other is also disclosed herein.

The phase-change accommodating rigid fluid container disclosed herein includes a variety of features that protect the container from phase changes of a fluid stored therein. As a result, the container may be in direct contact with the fluid without any flexible membrane or bag there between. For example, the fluid container may include one or more of matched pairs of recesses for physical manipulation of the container, stiffening ribs extending between the recesses, and input/output assemblies acting as inputs for fluid into the container, outputs of fluid from the container, and vents for pressure equalization of the container.

A teether includes a body, and a teething member. When the teether is frozen, the teething member is positioned within the teether providing rigidity to the teether. The teething member is moveable within the body as the frozen material within the body melts. The teether may include a cylindrical body, a nipple, and a cap with the teething member providing rigidity to the nipple. The teether may also be formed from a flexible membrane with at least one acute edge. An insulative storage container for the teether has an internal structure sized to hold multiple teethers.

A supple carrier for carrying a container of medically useful solution or suspension. The supple carrier includes a first monitoring window providing a first visualization perspective of the container contained by the envelope and one or more adjustable pressurizers. The supple carrier can delay the temperature change of the medically useful solution or suspension carried by the carrier.

One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a bag for storing platelets or contaminated blood previously withdrawn from a subject. The bag can comprise a flexible, closed container and at least one removable heat transfer member adhered to an outer surface portion of the container. The container can include an inlet therein that forms part of the container. The inlet can be adapted for fluid-tight connection to a tube member through which the platelets or contaminated blood are caused to flow.

An apparatus, comprising an environmental control element configured to control at least one environmental condition of a substance contained within a chamber, the environmental control element includes a thermal insulator configured to provide a thermal shield to the substance and a phase change material (PCM) configured to thermally regulate at least one environmental condition. The environmental control element is configured to control the environmental condition without use of an external power source, thereby allowing the apparatus to be thermally self-recharging.

An air-cooling micro drop pill capsule production line comprises a drop pill system, an air-cooling circulation system and a control system. The drop pill system comprises a molten material tank and a dripper. A vibration apparatus is arranged between the molten material tank and the dripper, and drives the dripper to vibrate up and down. A vibration shear force cuts liquor flowing out from the dripper into drops, and drop pills are formed after the drops fall into the air-cooling circulation system and are cooled. An online monitoring apparatus is arranged on the dripper, and comprises a pulse signal emission mechanism with an emission frequency which is the same as a vibration frequency of the vibration apparatus. The control system controls and regulates a dropping parameter according to a monitoring result of the online monitoring apparatus. The present invention combines vibration dropping, online monitoring and controlling, air cooling, and fluidized drying and coating together, which satisfies the requirement of high-speed dropping, micro pill preparation and improving a drug-loading capacity. Thus, the drug-loading capacity of drop pills can be multiply improved, the usage of auxiliary materials and the dosage can be greatly reduced, organic solvent residual can be completely avoided, and requirements of different processes including slow-release coating, film coating and sugar coating can be satisfied.