ORGAN TRANSPORT APPARATUS WITH A DOCUMENT COMPARTMENT AND A TAMPER EVIDENT SEAL

• Main Authors: PETTINATO, DAVID, DEMUYLDER, PETER, COPITHORNE, MATTHEW, OTTS, BRIAN L, STEINMAN, CHRISTOPHER P, ALLEN, ROBERT J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 28.02.2023
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; TRAPPING

A perfusion apparatus including a perfusion circuit that perfuses an organ or tissue has a compartment that supports an organ or tissue during perfusion, an internal cover (210), and a first external cover (200) that closes the apparatus. A wall portion (230) may extend substantially perpendicularly between the internal cover and the first external cover to define a document compartment (160) between the internal cover, the external cover and the wall portion. This arrangement allows documents carried by the document compartent to be internally accessible only. A tamper evident seal may be provided for the first external cover, the internal cover and/or a second external cover (220). The tamper evident seal may be of a frangible material, or include an electronic sensor, a security label or a label with a bar code. The tamper evident seal may alert a user that the device has been opened without authorisation. L'invention concerne un appareil de perfusion comprenant un circuit de perfusion qui perfuse un organe ou un tissu, lequel appareil de perfusion a un compartiment qui tient un organe ou un tissu pendant une perfusion, un couvercle interne et un couvercle externe qui ferme l'appareil. Une partie paroi peut s'étendre sensiblement perpendiculairement entre le couvercle interne et le couvercle externe pour définir un compartiment de document entre le couvercle interne, le couvercle externe et la partie paroi. Un sceau d'inviolabilité ne permettra pas au couvercle externe de s'ouvrir sans créer un enregistrement du point de savoir si le couvercle externe a ou non été ouvert après que le sceau d'inviolabilité a été activé.