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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Known
all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Donald R. Reynolds and S. Halle Vakani, and each
of them acting alone, signing singly, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to: (1) execute for and on behalf of the
undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer, director
and/or 10% or more stockholder of Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. (the
“Company”), Forms ID, 3, 4, 5, and Update Passphrase
Acknowledgement (and any amendments thereto) in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “1934 Act”) and
Schedules 13D and/or Schedules 13G (and any amendments thereto) in
accordance with the 1934 Act, and the rules promulgated
thereunder; (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf
of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
and execute any such Form ID, 3, 4, 5, and Update Passphrase
Acknowledgement and Schedules 13D
and/or Schedules 13G (and any amendments thereto) and to
file timely such form with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;
and (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact
may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required
by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.
The
undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming that all such attorneys-in-fact, or
such attorneys-in-facts’ substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the 1934
Act.
This
Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5
and Schedules 13D and Schedules
13G with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each of
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 9th day of June
2022.
Declan
Doogan