ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,888, issued on June 3, was assigned to TRANSMEDICS INC (Andover, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for ex vivo lung care" was invented by Robert Fishman (Boston), Robert Havener (Lynnfield, Mass.), Ihab Abdel Fattah (Andover, Mass.), Anas Abdelazim (North Andover, Mass.), Scott Newell (Ipswich, Mass.), Thomas H. Bishop (Wenham, Mass.), Tamer I. Khayal (North Andover, Mass.), Stanley Kyi (Andover, Mass.), Ronald Taylor Jr. (Chester, N.H.), Doug Harriott (Melrose, Mass.), Matthew De Remer (Allston, Mass.), Paul Murray (Groton, Mass.), John Sullivan (Groton, Mass.), Mark Anderson (Danvers, Mass.), Richard Bringham (North Andover, Mass.), Michael Van Driel (Mirandola, Italy) and Waleed H. H...