Apparatus and method for maintaining and/or restoring viability of organs

• Main Authors: FRASER RICHARD, BRASSIL JOHN, OWEN DONALD R, HARRIS STANLEY, BURROUGHS ANDREW, ISAACS DICKON, SCHEIN DOUGLAS, KRAVITZ DAVID C, BROCKBANK KELVIN G. M, STEIBEL DENNIS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.05.2013
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; SPIRITS; TRAPPING; VINEGAR; WINE

An organ perfusion apparatus and method monitor, sustain and/or restore viability of organs and preserve organs for storage and/or transport. Other apparatus include an organ transporter, an organ cassette and an organ diagnostic device. In perfusion, organ perfusion pressure is preferably controlle...