ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,887, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Organ Transport Pty Ltd. (North Adelaide, Australia).
"Perfusion solution" was invented by Franklin Rosenfeldt (North Balwyn, Australia), Marlin Alford (Kaufman, Texas) and Robert Dowben (Providence, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A perfusion stock composition, for preserving a donor organ for transplantation, comprising: a source of 60 to 100 mM Na+; a source of 10 to 20 mM K+; a source of 5 to 10 mM Mg2+; a source of 0.25 to 0.75 mM Ca2+; 10 to 40 mM Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane hydrochloride (Tris or THAM), 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid (HEPES), 3-(N-morpholino)p...