US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN on Nov. 11 for "Lung perfusion solution, and use thereof for the ex-vivo preservation of a mammalian lung" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,045, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN (Dublin).

"Lung perfusion solution, and use thereof for the ex-vivo preservation of a mammalian lung" was invented by Paul McLoughlin (County Dublin, Ireland) and Simon Coyle Rowan (Dublin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lung perfusion solution comprises a base solution comprising a physiological mixture of electrolytes and buffers, 3.5-5.5% (w/v) a first macromolecule having a molecular weight of 40-100 KDa, and an amount of a second, high molecular weight, macromolecule sufficient to adjust the relative viscosity of the soluti...