Instruction Manual
K SERIES Cryostorage System
IM: CryoCeK
Revision: 02
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4 DEVICE DESCRIPTION
4.1 DEVICE INTENDED USE
The Worthington Industries K SERIES Cryostorage System is a medical device intended to use
for cryogenic long-term storing of bags, vials and similar containers
with biological specimens of human origin, such as cord blood, stem cell or semen
that will eventually be investigated or introduced into the human body
at extremely low temperatures from -100 °C to -196 °C
supplied by liquid nitrogen as cyrogenic agent under normal atmospheric pressure.
Any other use is not declared by the manufacturer!
Worthington Industries and the distributors of the K SERIES Cryostorage System refuse
all liability when the device is not used in compliance with this instruction manual.
4.2 DEVICE INTENDED LOCATION AND USER
The Worthington Industries K SERIES Cryostorage System is a medical device intended to be used in
locations in the area of professional health care facilities, such as hospitals, clinics, medical practices,
medical laboratories.
The environment of professional health care does not include every arbitrary
location.
So this environment comprises not areas, where sensitive facilities or sources
of intense electromagnetic interference are located, such as radio frequency (RF)
shielded rooms for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), areas in operation rooms with
active high frequency (HF) surgical equipment, electrophysical laboratories or areas
where short-wave therapy equipment is used.
For further details on the admissible ambient conditions for operating the K SERIES
Cryostorage System, see section 5.2.
The Worthington Industries K SERIES Cryostorage System is a medical device
intended to be used by trained professional users
, such as clinicians, medical and
laboratory technicians, medical and laboratory assistants and other health care
professionals, experienced with cyrogenic agents and cryogenic equipment.
Any other untrained person is not permitted to use the K SERIES
Cryostorage System in any way!
Worthington Industries and the distributors of the K SERIES Cryostorage System refuse
all liability when the user, operator or other person is not sufficiently instructed to use
this K SERIES Cryostorage System, with reference to this instruction manual including