Means of preserving and transporting biological materials

Claim 1

IN THE PRESERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL, A TISSUE ENCLOSING AND SHIPPING DEVICE COMPRISING: (A) A LENGTH OF TUBULAR PLIABLE HEAT SEALABLE TRANSLUCENT PLASTIC SHEET MATERIAL HAVING AN UPPER END AND A LOWER END, SAID TUBULAR MATERIAL BEING TRANSVERSELY COLLAPSED FORMING A FLAT RECTANGULAR CONFIGURATION WITH OPPOSED WALL OUTER FACES, (B) SAID MATERIAL HAVING A TRANSVERSE SEAL EXTENDING ALONG SAID UPPER AND LOWER ENDS AND ENTIRELY ACROSS SAID WALL OUTER FACES FORMING A CLOSED FLAT CONTAINER HAVING A CONTAINING CAPACITY DEFINED BY THE LIMIT OF SWELLING OUT OF SAID TUBULAR SHEET MATERIAL, SAID LOWER END TRANSVERSE SEAL BEING SEVERABLE ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH THEREOF FOR SELECTIVELY COMPLETELY OPENING SAID CONTAINER LOWER END, SAID LOWER END BEING AMENABLE TO RESEALING, (C) A PAPER LABEL HAVING OPPOSED FACES, SAID LABEL BEING SECURED TO SAID SHEET MATERIAL AT SAID UPPER END AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY BEYOND SAID UPPER END WITH SAID LABEL FACES RESPECTIVELY FORMING SUBSTANTIAL CONTINUATIONS OF SAID WALL FACES, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID LABEL FACES HAVING INSTRUCTIONAL INDICIA PRINTED THEREON RELATING TO TH PROPER USE OF SAID CONTAINER FOR FORMING LIQUID TISSUE PRESERVING SOLUTION THEREIN AND RECEIVING AND TRANSPORTING TISSUE THEREIN IN CONTACT WITH SAID SOLUTION, (D) AT LEAST ONE OF SAID LABEL FACES HAVING INDICIA PRINTED THEREON INDICATING LOCATIONS THEREON TO RECEIVE WRITTEN IDENTIFYING AND CLINICAL INFORMATION RELATING TO SAID TISSUE, (E) SAID CLOSED CONTAINER HAVING A QUANTITY OF TOXIC FORMALDEHYDE TYPE WATER SOLUBLE DRY TISSUE PRESERVATIVE PRECURSOR DISPOSED THEREIN WHICH, UPON ADDING WATER THERETO WITHIN SAID CAPACITY OF SAID CONTAINER ACCORDING TO SAID INSTRUCTIONAL INDICIA, PRODUCES A FORMALDEHYDE CONCENTRATION, SAID QUANLUTION OF PREDETERMINED OCNCENTRATION, SAID QUANTITY OF SAID PRECURSOR BEING RELATIVELY SMALL WITH RESPECT TO SAID CONTAINER CAPACITY WHEREUPON SAID CONTAINER REMAINS SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT, (F) THUS UPON INVERSION OF SAID CONTAINER AND SEVERING SAID LOWER END SEAL AND INSERTION OF SAID QUANTITY OF WATER AND TISSUE, SAID LOWER END IS RESEALED FOR CONTAINING SAID SPECIMENT IN CONTACT WITH SAID TISSUE PRESERVING SOLUTION PRIOR TO SHIPMENT.