METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ORGAN PERFUSION

摘要

A portable organ perfusion device has an organ chamber for supporting an organ immersed in a perfusion fluid. A pump circulates the perfusion fluid around a circuit containing a pump, a heat exchanger for cooling the perfusion fluid, an oxygenator for oxygenation of the perfusion fluid, and a pressure head device for ensuring a constant head supply to the vasculature of the organ. A bypass channel forms a fluid connection from upstream of the oxygenator to the organ chamber allowing excess fluid to bypass the organ. The device also includes an oxygen source, sensors, a power source and a control unit for receiving information from the sensors and providing control instructions to control elements.