US Patent Issued to Paragonix Technonogies on March 11 for "Organ transport container with antiviral therapy" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,585, issued on March 11, was assigned to Paragonix Technonogies Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).

"Organ transport container with antiviral therapy" was invented by Jared Alden Judson (Medford, Mass.) and Lisa Maria Anderson (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for the hypothermic transport of biological samples, such as tissues, organs, or body fluids. The system includes an antimicrobial treatment mechanism to inactivate microbes flushed from the biological sample by preservation fluid flowed therethrough. The self-purging preservation apparatus is placed in an insulated transport container having a cooling medium. When ...