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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1996
Jaak M Minten, Landen, BE;
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A system and method for preservation and transport of a donor heart are provided, which includes features for improving the refreshment of the myocardium and for removing toxic catabolites, thereby lengthening the available time for effective transport. The invention utilizes a housing with a perfusion subsystem for retrogradely perfusing the heart, and a subsystem for maintaining the heart in a moderate hypothermic state, preferably at about 10-25 C. A pacemaker is utilized to pace the heart at a below normal rate, preferably in the range of 2-40 bpm, and more preferably 15-30 bpm, so as to continuously squeeze out catabolites and refresh the myocardium with the perfusion fluid. The system can be portable, where the heart can be maintained with or without dialysis; when the apparatus is not being transported, it utilizes power line energy and is adapted to provide dialysis.
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