ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,903, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to LIFELINE SCIENTIFIC INC. (Itasca, Ill.).

"Low fluid level detection device" was invented by David Pettinato (Schaumburg, Ill.), Jeffrey Allen Doruff (Elgin, Ill.) and Christopher Paul Steinman (Sandy, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable housing for holding an organ or tissue for at least one of perfusion, storage, diagnosis, and transport of the organ or tissue includes a main chamber within which the organ or tissue and a liquid perfusate for the organ or tissue may be located, and it also includes a secondary chamber that is within the main chamber and that is for holding the liqui...