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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
May. 12, 2010
Donald R. Owen, New Orleans, LA (US);
David C. Kravitz, Chicago, IL (US);
John Brassil, Northbrook, IL (US);
Kelvin G. M. Brockbank, Charleston, SC (US);
Andrew Burroughs, Kenosha, WI (US);
Dickon Isaacs, Chicago, IL (US);
Douglas Schein, Chicago, IL (US);
Donald R. Owen, New Orleans, LA (US);
David C. Kravitz, Chicago, IL (US);
John Brassil, Northbrook, IL (US);
Kelvin G. M. Brockbank, Charleston, SC (US);
Andrew Burroughs, Kenosha, WI (US);
Dickon Isaacs, Chicago, IL (US);
Douglas Schein, Chicago, IL (US);
Lifeline Scientific, Inc., Itasca, unknown;
Abstract
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. The method includes perfusing the organ at hypothermic and/or normothermic temperatures, preferably after hypothermic organ flushing for organ transport and/or storage. The method can be practiced with prior or subsequent static or perfusion hypothermic exposure of the organ. Viability of the organ may be automatically monitored, preferably by monitoring characteristics of the medical fluid perfusate. The perfusion process can be automatically controlled using a control program.