US 12,245,585 B2
Organ transport container with antiviral therapy
Jared Alden Judson, Medford, MA (US); and Lisa Maria Anderson, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to Paragonix Technonogies, Inc., Waltham, MA (US)
Filed by Paragonix Technologies, Inc., Braintree, MA (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/473,840.
Application 17/473,840 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2020/037209, filed on Jun. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/860,004, filed on Jun. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0007638 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A01N 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01N 1/0294 (2013.01) [A01N 1/0215 (2013.01); A01N 1/0273 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A canister for transporting a biological sample, comprising:
a sample storage chamber comprising a floor and walls and configured to receive a biological sample;
a removable lid operable to couple with the walls to form a sterile environment within the sample storage chamber;
an adapter configured to couple to and support the biological sample within the sterile environment without the biological sample contacting the floor and the walls;
a plurality of cooling blocks positioned around an exterior of the canister;
a pumping mechanism operable to flow a perfusate in a circuit through the adapter, to perfuse the biological sample; and
an antimicrobial treatment mechanism disposed within the circuit, the antimicrobial treatment mechanism comprising a radiation source in the removable lid operable to inactivate microbes flushed from the biological sample by the perfusate,
wherein the removable lid comprises an opaque surface configured to optically isolate the radiation source from the biological sample.