Cryogenic safety valves are used in applications in which system overpressure in a cryogenic system is not only an extraordinary emergency but may very well occur several times. In this regard, it should be possible to collect and reuse the cryogenic, vaporising fluid - typically helium - for efficiency and cost reasons.During normal, trouble-free operation of a system, the safety valves must be very tightly sealed in order to prevent fluid leakage to the largest possible extent. In case of an overpressure building up in the system, the valves must be activated exactly at a specific pressure value and dissipate large, cryogenic mass flows. In doing so, the valuable fluid is not released into the environment, but rather forwarded into a buffer container. In contrast to conventional safety valves, the cryogenic safety valves are therefore always activated at the specified pressure, regardless of the pressure that prevails behind the valve. When the pressure falls below a specific value again, the valves are tightly re-sealed. This is all done automatically, without external energy.