A Milton-based company is hoping to be a helping hand in distributing vaccines.
Advanced Test and Automation believes they have the solution for cooling vaccines for transportation.
The Director for Business Development at ATA, Michael Stuparyk, says they’ve found liquid nitrogen to be very effective.
He says ATA has been working in finding innovative solutions of “different types of phenomena” and helping people simplify a process so that they can make a data driven decision. In the last fifteen years, they have worked on different types of equipment in several industries – including automotive, industrial, and medical devices. Stuparyk says they have a particular expertise in temperature control, which has led to their latest innovation.
According to Stuparyk, the currently approved Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine needs to be kept at minus 70 degrees Celsius. Dry ice is currently being used to help cool the vaccine, and there are expensive freezers that can handle as low as minus 80 degrees; however, he feels this could be a cheaper, more mobile method.
ATA has been working on using liquid nitrogen as a cooling transportation method for about six years. Stuparyk calls it completely harmless, and says it’d only require a small amount for their freezer device.
With the COVID-19 vaccine expected to be distributed very soon, Stuparyk says that ATA would be able to put together its product in the matter of a few weeks. There are discussions underway to help the company get involved with the whole process, but nothing is concrete at the moment.
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