Disclosed is an organ culture device for culturing a viable organ (1). The device provides culture medium for culturing the viable organ using a pump (3). The pump has a pump chamber (45) located between an inlet and an outlet. The pump provides pulsatile pumping action of the culture medium by repeated deformation of a resilient tubular sidewall (44) of the pump chamber by pressurised gas. The flow path of the culture medium may be circulatory on non-circulatory. The device has a reservoir (70,80) and a collection vessel (74,84) for the culture medium. Gas transfer into and out of the culture medium is also provided. Also disclosed is the pump itself and a gas pressure control device for delivering pulsed pressurised gas, e.g. to the pump.
申请公布号
WO03080139(A2)
申请公布日期
2003.10.02
申请号
WO2003GB01334
申请日期
2003.03.26
申请人
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON;MASON, CHRISTOPHER,;TOWN, MARTIN, ARTHUR,