ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,890, issued on April 21, was assigned to Hemanext Inc. (Lexington, Mass.).

"Oxygen reduction disposable kits, devices and methods of use thereof" was invented by Michael Wolf (Brookline, Mass.), Jancarlo Sarita (Lynn, Mass.), Jeffrey Karl Sutton (Medway, Mass.), Rafael Cordero (Bedford, Mass.), Michael Zocchi (Arlington, Mass.), Philip Keegan (Newton, Mass.), Narendran Renganathan (Plano, Texas) and Robert Harhen (Haverhill, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to Oxygen Reduction Disposable kits (ORDKit), devices and methods for the improved preservation of whole blood and blood components. The improv...