US Patent Issued to Cryoport Belgium on March 4 for "Compositions for cryopreservation of a biological material" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,124, issued on March 4, was assigned to Cryoport Belgium S.A. (Villers-le-Bouillet, Belgium).

"Compositions for cryopreservation of a biological material" was invented by Fabien Ectors (Gesves, Belgium), Luc Grobet (Esneux, Belgium), Delphine Connan (Gesves, Belgium) and Nadine Dupuis (Burg-Reuland, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application discloses a liquid composition for cryopreservation of a biological material comprising a polar aprotic solvent, a monohydric or polyhydric alcohol, an unbranched polysaccharide, a branched polysaccharide; and polyvinyl alcohol. Further provided are uses of said liquid composi...