ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,760, issued on July 22, was assigned to Hemanext Inc. (Lexington, Mass.).
"Anaerobic blood storage and pathogen inactivation method" was invented by Samuel O. Sowemimo-Coker (Dix Hills, N.Y.), Jeffrey Sutton (Medway, Mass.) and Tatsuro Yoshida (West Newton, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for reducing hemolysis and microparticle formation during storage of pathogen reduced blood. Oxygen reduced blood compositions comprising SAGM and riboflavin having reduced hemolysis. Oxygen reduced blood compositions comprising SAGM and riboflavin having reduced microparticles. Oxygen and pathogen reduced blood compositions comprising...