ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,465, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Cryoport Inc. (Brentwood, Tenn.).

"Cassette bags for transporting biomaterials" was invented by Steffen Smith (View Park, Calif.), Mike Dybicz (Nashville, Tenn.), Brittany Roberts (Brentwood, Tenn.) and Bobby Onel (Laguna Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An envelope is configured to hold, support, and protect an article such as a blood bag during transportation under fic temperatures. The envelope includes a single piece component (e.g., a monolithic component), including multiple panels that are configured to fold to form an enclosure that surrounds the article such as the blood ba...