Vaccine Freezers Powered By Renewable Energy
Vaccine Pods, a North Kansas City-based business, recently introduced a device it claims is a breakthrough solution to overcome COVID-19 vaccines supply chain flaws in storing, shipping, and distributing vaccines that must be stored at extremely low temperatures.
Vaccine Pods has stated that it has emerged from the shadows to introduce a unique new technology that will change the way critical vaccines are carried, stored, and delivered. Pharmaceutical firms, governments, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can use Vaccine Pods to simplify cold chain logistics by shipping a container with the vaccine safely kept in an ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezer powered by the container’s inbuilt power source. This breakthrough has the potential to save millions of lives throughout the world. It is especially important for people in rural regions and underdeveloped nations who are most in need.
The World Health Organization estimates that 50% of all vaccinations are put to waste each year because of poor storage and temperature management. Existing cold chain storage equipment is expensive and employs inefficient power sources, making large-scale distribution of vaccines from production to patient injection costly and complex. Furthermore, many rural regions in the United States and poor countries across the world lack access to contemporary cold chain storage technologies, depending instead on cardboard boxes and dry ice to store vaccines, resulting in increased deterioration and putting these populations at danger.
The medicinal hubs promise to retain temperatures of minus 20 and minus 86 degrees Celsius for the vaccines and to provide customers with features, such as round-the-clock location monitoring and security, as well as a modular, detachable pod that operates on batteries — for up to six days — and can be used in congested areas like parking lots, distribution centers, or remote locations.
Vaccine Pods was created over the course of nine weeks with the help of HCI Energy in Lenexa and Stirling Ultracold in Athens, Ohio. In 2021, the company, based in North Kansas City, Missouri, aims to extend its worldwide presence, increase its personnel, and ramp up go-to-market activities.
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