ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,408, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Paragonix Technologies Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).
"Method for hypothermic transport of biological samples" was invented by Danny Macari (Sudbury, Mass.), Matthew Whitney (Upton, Mass.), Samantha Estrella (Sturbridge, Mass.) and William Lucas Churchill (Braintree, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for transporting a biological sample at hypothermic temperatures. The container can be cooled using phase change material and pump fluid through the sample. The fluid can pump through the system at a rate independent of the parameters of the biological sample. A valve can control the rate of f...