Family Bank: VitaVessel

About

VitaVessel LLC is a U.S.-based biological banking company offering private cord blood and birth tissue preservation services.

Families can select from packages that include cord blood, cord tissue, placenta, and amnion preservation. VitaVessel coordinates customer enrollment, collection arrangements, laboratory processing, and long-term cryogenic storage through a specialized laboratory partner.

Our goal is to provide families with accessible banking options, transparent pricing, and straightforward service information.

Labs and Locations

VitaVessel contracts with Cryopoint for laboratory services associated with specimen receipt, testing, processing, cryopreservation, storage, and authorized release. VitaVessel does not operate its own processing or storage laboratory.

Business Experience

VitaVessel is a U.S. biological banking company that expanded its services to include private cord blood and birth tissue banking in 2026.

Laboratory processing and storage are provided through Cryopoint, an established biological specimen processing and cryogenic storage organization.

VitaVessel's operational experience and customer inventory are maintained separately from its laboratory partner's broader processing and storage history.

Collection Kit

VitaVessel provides birth tissue banking collection kits appropriate to the selected service package.

Collection is performed by the delivering healthcare provider or other appropriately trained collection personnel, when medically appropriate.

The collection kit includes materials and instructions intended to support specimen collection and shipment to the processing laboratory.

Transportation container

Specimens are packaged and transported according to the collection and shipping instructions supplied for the selected banking service.

Transportation arrangements are coordinated to support appropriate specimen handling during delivery to the laboratory.

Shipping Info

VitaVessel offers shipping as part of its domestic banking service packages.

Specimens are transported to the processing laboratory through designated courier arrangements, with shipment coordination supported by VitaVessel and its service partners.

Collection and shipping instructions are provided to help families and healthcare providers arrange specimen transport following delivery.

Processing Method

Cryopoint receives and processes qualified cord blood specimens using its established and validated laboratory procedures.

Applicable laboratory activities include specimen accessioning, processing, testing, quality-control evaluation, preparation for cryopreservation, and storage.

VitaVessel also offers cord tissue, placenta, and amnion preservation through laboratory procedures appropriate to the specimen and selected service.

Components Stored

The specific material preserved depends on the family's selected banking package.

VitaVessel offers preservation of cord blood and, where selected, cord tissue, placenta, and amnion tissue.

Laboratory processing and applicable quality-control testing are performed according to the specimen type, service specifications, and laboratory requirements.

Processing and storage documentation is maintained in accordance with applicable procedures.

Storage Method

Cord blood and eligible birth tissue specimens are cryopreserved and maintained at Cryopoint using appropriate cryogenic storage systems.

Under VitaVessel's processing agreement, Cryopoint maintains systems with continuous monitoring of applicable temperatures and liquid nitrogen levels.

Storage may be performed using vapor-phase nitrogen or other validated cryogenic systems appropriate to the preserved specimen.

Licensing & Accreditation

VitaVessel's processing and storage laboratory partner, Cryopoint, is listed as an AABB-accredited facility for applicable cord blood banking activities.

Cryopoint is contractually responsible for maintaining the licenses, registrations, and accreditations applicable to the laboratory services it performs.

VitaVessel coordinates banking services through this laboratory partner and does not claim independent AABB accreditation.

Clinical Experience

VitaVessel is a private family banking company and does not currently report an independent history of cord blood units released for transplantation or other clinical use. Its laboratory partner provides established specimen processing and storage services.

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