laboratoryequipment: Valentine’s Special: Box Keeps Donated Hearts Beating LongerNew technology increases the length of time that a human heart can remain viable for transplant after removal from a donor for transplantation. A clinical trial already underway in the United States is evaluating the new technology, called the Organ Care System, which aims to keeps donated hearts viable for hours longer than currently possible. Manufactured by Andover, Mass.-based TransMedics, Inc., the device uses a combination of fluid dynamics, software, and preservative solutions to keep a heart beating while avoiding ischemia, or a reduction of blood supply to it, when traveling to the heart recipient.Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-valentines-special-box-keeps-donated-hearts-beating-longer-021412.aspx
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Valentine’s Special: Box Keeps Donated Hearts Beating Longer

New technology increases the length of time that a human heart can remain viable for transplant after removal from a donor for transplantation. A clinical trial already underway in the United States is evaluating the new technology, called the Organ Care System, which aims to keeps donated hearts viable for hours longer than currently possible. Manufactured by Andover, Mass.-based TransMedics, Inc., the device uses a combination of fluid dynamics, software, and preservative solutions to keep a heart beating while avoiding ischemia, or a reduction of blood supply to it, when traveling to the heart recipient.

Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-valentines-special-box-keeps-donated-hearts-beating-longer-021412.aspx

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