ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,627, issued on July 7, was assigned to Trane Technologies Life Sciences LLC (Davidson, N.C.).

"Systems and methods for heat transfer using heat pipes" was invented by Alex Roberts (Parkersburg, W.va.) and Trace A. Lydick (Athens, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment of a system for changing a temperature of a packaged biologic substance includes a chamber configured to receive the packaged biologic substance. In addition, the system includes a refrigeration assembly configured to change a temperature of the packaged biologic substance. Further, the system includes an auxiliary heat exchanger at least partially positioned ...