ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,827, issued on July 14, was assigned to Traferox Technologies Inc. (Mississauga, Canada).

"Systems, devices, and methods for preserving an organ for transplantation" was invented by Aadil Ali (Brampton, Canada), Mathieu Allard (Mississauga, Canada) and Alexander Shvartsberg (Oakville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of storing a donor organ prior to implantation into an organ recipient includes bagging the donor organ by placing the donor organ into at least one bag and sealing the at least one bag; placing the bagged donor organ into a portable storage container; placing at least one cooling pack in the portable stora...