SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EX-VIVO MANAGEMENT OF INTERNAL ORGAN

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system, apparatus, and method for preserving and managing a heart ex-vivo in a physiological or a near physiological condition.SOLUTION: There is provided a method for preserving a heart ex-vivo includes: a step of arranging a heart in a protection chamber 104 under a portable internal organ management system; a step of pumping a perfusion solution 108 into the heart using a pump 106 at a temperature of 25-37°C with the volume of 200 ml/min-5 L/min; a step of observing one or more physiological characteristics of the heart pulsating in the protection chamber 104; and a step of adjusting pumping characteristics, based at least partially on the physiological characteristics.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1