Which industries use cryo storage and how do their requirements compare to IVF and fertility laboratory applications?
Cryo storage is used across a wider range of industries than most IVF laboratory managers realise. The main industries using cryo storage outside IVF are: biobanking and cell therapy manufacturing, which shares many of the IVF sector’s biological storage requirements; veterinary reproduction including equine and bovine AI programmes; blood banking and haematology; pharmaceutical manufacturing; and industrial gas supply and distribution, which uses large-scale cryogenic tanks for LNG, liquid oxygen, and industrial nitrogen.
The critical difference between IVF cryo storage and industrial cryo storage is regulatory accountability. An IVF clinic stores biological material belonging to identified patients under an HFEA licence, with traceability requirements, consent frameworks, and inspection obligations that have no equivalent in industrial applications. Equipment failure in an industrial cryo storage context typically means product loss and economic cost. Equipment failure in an IVF laboratory can affect patient treatment outcomes, generate regulatory action, and damage the clinic’s licence to operate. We supply cryo storage vessels and IVF consumables specified for clinical biological applications. Contact Cryolab to discuss equipment requirements for your specific application.
