IMPROVED METHODS AND SOLUTIONS FOR STORING DONOR ORGANS

摘要

The present invention provides methods of preserving, storing and transplanting mammalian donor organs. The method includes the cooling of refrigeration preservation, loading pre-freezer preservation, cryopreservation, and washing solutions at least containing polyvinylpyrrolidone, a calcium channel blocker, a nucleoside, potassium chloride, polyethylene glycol, at least one amino acid, and a steroid to a temperature of 2° to 4 °C and/or of 0 ° to 2°C, harvesting a donor organ, perfusing it with one or more of the solution, immersing it in one or more of the solutions and storing it at a temperature above 0°C or at a temperatures below 0°C including -20°C, -80°C and -196°C. The cryopreservation solution also contains cryopreservative agents. Preserved organs may be transplanted directly from refrigeration storage or from freezer storage by cooling the washing refrigeration preservation solutions to 2° to 4°C, perfusing the organ with washing solution and then preservation solution, and transplanting it.