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New blood box could save untold lives on battlefield  view story
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Kevin Diaz - - Minneapolis Star Tribune
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After a deadly battle on an Afghanistan mountaintop three years ago, U.S. military commanders renewed debate on a question that has nagged them for decades: How do you keep blood that's badly needed for combat victims from spoiling in extreme conditions?
Tinkering in his basement near White Bear Lake, retired Minnesota scientist Bill Mayer came up with an idea for thermal-insulated boxes to protect front-line blood supplies from being ruined by the harsh climates of Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Pentagon likes his invention so much that Congress is expected to send Mayer's newly created Plymouth company, Minnesota Thermal Science, $5 million to develop thousands of blood boxes for soldiers.
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