ZipThaw®

The Challenge

Current biologics thawing devices are heavy, wasteful, inaccurate and require costly labor and maintenance.

Tethered to Water Source

Water baths need wet sinks and, like a fish tank, require twice weekly water changes with sanitization. Water corrodes and increases the risk of cross contamination. Noisy agitation and toxic cleaners are required.

Tissue Waste

Due to longer than necessary wait times for warming and thawing blood, plasma and tissue excess product is processed and becomes waste.

No Temperature Control

Tracking and monitoring actual product bag or vial temperature as it thaws is hit or miss with only ambient temperature being reported delivering inconsistent results.

The ZipThaw® Solution

A faster, safer way to thaw biologics. ZipThaw is a portable, dry, quiet device that needs almost no maintenance. FDA | AABB | CE | ISO | UL

Low Energy

The device plugs into a standard outlet and costs less to operate using far less energy than the competition.

Portable

You can move ZipThaw by hand or on a cart. Bring it to your patient in the OR, procedure room, bedside or trauma location.

Touch Screen

ZipThaw has a touch screen with a user friendly interface.

ZipSleeve®

ZipThaw uses a disposable yet durable leak-proof smart sleeve. No more concerns of bursting bags, and provides consistent temperature control of the final product.

How It Works

Prepare ZipSleeve®

Place a frozen bag of plasma into a ZipSleeve. This patented disposable component is multi-use and leak-proof. Putting product into ZipSleeve protects the device, prevents contamination, and works with ZipThaw for rapid thawing. If a plasma bag ruptures, simply toss the ZipSleeve.

Place in ZipThaw®

With the frozen plasma in a ZipSleeve, place it into one of the two ZipThaw chambers.

Retrieve Ready-to-Use Plasma

In short order, the plasma is thawed to your specification with software recording its progress every step of the way. Data is easily transferred via the USB and ethernet port.

Product Details

Dry – electronics, no water
Light-weight – easy to transport, built-in handle
Fast – rapidly and completely thaws specimens
Low cost – most competitive price point per thaw
Low maintenance – ZipSleeve and other features nearly eliminates cross contamination risk

Consistent temperature control
Small footprint: 47.1cm wide x 41.6cm high x 27.6cm deep
No recalibration needed when moved
Plugs into standard outlets, lower energy than water baths
Whisper quiet operation
3-year full replacement warranty

ZipThaw Overview

Instructional videos

VP of Product Management and Design, Will Davey, walks you through each stage of using ZipThaw, from powering it up, using ZipSleeve, registering data, and thawing plasma