US Patent Issued to SCREEN Holdings on July 14 for "Organ preservation container" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,826, issued on July 14, was assigned to SCREEN Holdings Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Organ preservation container" was invented by Masayuki Ohara (Kyoto, Japan), Hiroo Kasamatsu (Kyoto, Japan) and Syuhei Yoshimoto (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An organ preservation container includes a container body, joints, and tubes. The container body includes a bottom plate and a side wall. The side wall has through holes. Each joint has a through hole. The tubes are connected to the joints from the inner side of the container body. Thus, the tubes are arranged in advance in the container body in an organ transplant operation. This e...