US Patent Issued to Washington University on May 5 for "Compositions and methods for preserving or increasing platelet function" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,192, issued on May 5, was assigned to Washington University (St. Louis).

"Compositions and methods for preserving or increasing platelet function" was invented by Kimberly Thomas (St. Louis), Susan Shea (St. Louis) and Philip Spinella (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Among the various aspects of the present disclosure is the provision of compositions and methods for platelet storage supplementation with an amino acid, such as taurine."

The patent was filed on July 12, 2022, under Application No. 17/863,124.

*For further information, including images, charts and tables, please visit: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?...