A cooler for breast milk or other liquids is disclosed. The cooler comprehends an interior pocket adapted to receive lactation accessories that a user wishes to be cooled. The interior pocket can be adapted to be positioned in a variety of locations within the cooler to enhance or restrict the efficiency of thermal transmission between the contents of the pocket and a cooling element located within the cooler. Also disclosed is a sensor that can be associated with the pocket. The sensor can provide a temperature output to an external device or a display in or on the container delineating a temperature within the cooler.

The baby bottle with mixer is an infant feeding bottle with an integral, controllable internal mixer. The baby bottle with a mixer includes a conventional bottle having an open upper end and a closed lower end, and a conventional cap for releasably covering and sealing the open upper end of the bottle. An internal wall is mounted within the bottle such that a fluid-tight chamber is defined between a lower surface of the internal wall and the closed lower end of the bottle. An agitator is rotatably mounted on an upper surface of the internal wall, and the agitator is selectively driven by a motor, which is housed within the fluid-tight chamber. A speaker is mounted on the closed lower end of the bottle for playing music, soothing sounds or the like while the baby is being fed. A controller is in communication with the speaker and the motor.

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, and the PCM is configured to return to its solid phase without user intervention.

A breast milk collection and storage system and methods of use is described. The breast milk collection and storage system may include a milk container operable to hold and store breast milk for an extended period of time. The milk container may include a container wall with an oxygen blocking layer, a light blocking layer, and an inner surface that is non-adherent for lipids and proteins, a container opening surrounded by the container wall, and a foil seal operable to seal the container opening. The milk container may have low oxygen head space and a storage system to enable the rapid cooling of the breast milk.

The baby bottle with mixer is an infant feeding bottle with an integral, controllable internal mixer. The baby bottle with a mixer includes a conventional bottle having an open upper end and a closed lower end, and a conventional cap for releasably covering and sealing the open upper end of the bottle. An internal wall is mounted within the bottle such that a fluid-tight chamber is defined between a lower surface of the internal wall and the closed lower end of the bottle. An agitator is rotatably mounted on an upper surface of the internal wall, and the agitator is selectively driven by a motor, which is housed within the fluid-tight chamber. A speaker is mounted on the closed lower end of the bottle for playing music, soothing sounds or the like while the baby is being fed. A controller is in communication with the speaker and the motor.

There is provided means with which, during frozen storage of a biological sample or a drug, the biological sample or drug stored inside a frozen storage container is not susceptible to contamination.

A frozen storage container 10 includes a container body 11 with an internal space 13, and a partition wall 12 which divides the internal space 13 of the container body 11 at least into a first space 14 and a second space 15. In the container body 11, the first space 14 is liquid-tightly sealed, the second space 15 has an opening 22 which is in communication with the outside, and the second space 15 is liquid-tightly sealable by welding the container body 11. A frozen storage container system 40 includes the frozen storage container 10; and a needle member 41 which includes a needle tip portion 42 capable of being inserted into the internal space 13 of the container body 11 and capable of piercing the partition wall 12, and has a flow path which is opened at the needle tip portion 42 and is opened at a base end portion 43 opposite to the needle tip portion 42.

The present invention provides for a method of transporting and preparing an injectable ice slurry for administration to a patient at a point of care comprising preparing a biocompatible solution comprising water and at least one component other than water, placing the biocompatible solution into a container, transporting the container with the biocompatible solution to the point of care, transforming the biocompatible solution into an injectable ice slurry at the point of care, and administering the injectable ice slurry to the patient at the point of care.

A technique for tracking, for example, the temperature of one or more sample vials containing biological material stored in a low-temperature shipping vessel. Each sample vial has vial electronics that senses temperature and transmits temperature data to the reader head of a reader device, which has a controller that is not at the low temperature. In some implementations, the shipping vessel has a cap with a recess that houses the controller and a hollow plug that houses a cable that connects the controller to the reader head that is located in the vessel's cold interior sufficiently close to the sample vial to enable interaction with the vial electronics. In some implementations, the reader head transmits electrical power to the vial electronics. By tracking the temperature of individual sample vials rather than the temperature of the vessel interior, more-relevant temperature data is available.

The present invention provides a transport container comprising; a first container having a first inner wall with a storage space for storing a transported object and a first outer wall provided on the outside of the first inner wall so as to form, with the first inner wall, a vacuum space therebetween; a first lid that is heat-insulating and is for removably sealing a first opening of the first container; a second container having a second inner wall with a space for storing the first container and the first lid and a second outer wall provided on the outside of the second inner wall so as to form, with the second inner wall, a vacuum space therebetween; a second lid that is heat-insulating and is for removably sealing a second opening of the second container; and a heat storage material for surrounding the transported object inside the storage space.

method for managing medication of a user, wherein a container for medicaments includes a storage chamber and a cap for closing the storage chamber is used, wherein the containe has a temperature sensor for measuring temperature inside the container; a humidity sensor for measuring humidity inside the container; an accelerometer sensor arranged in connection with the cap; communication means; and a first connecting part and a second connecting part arranged to attach to each other via magnetic forces. The method includes pre-setting the magnetic force between the first connecting part and the second connecting part to correspond to a given type of container; and recognising the type of container by the acceleration of the second connecting part during the attachment of the second connecting part to the first connecting part.