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Transmedics has invented the world's only portable lung perfusion system (Lung OCS). This Means the days of carrying lungs around in a cooler are over. Before this invention, in order to preserve the lungs doctors would place them inside a plastic bag inside a cooler. This would pose many problems. the doctor only has between five and 10 hours before the lungs can be used. If travel time between the donor and the recipient is too long then the lungs wont be of good use and they go to waste.
With the lung organ care systems (OCS) the lungs lungs are hooked up to a machine which keeps them ventilated and monitors them. The time of travel is also significantly extended. This invention maintains the lungs in a near physiological state, meaning they are almost as good as new. It is as if they were never taken from another person and put into a new one.
Not only is there an organ care system for the lungs, there is one for the heart as well. Unlike the lungs, the heart organ care system is still under clinical trial, and the lungs (OCS) is up for commercial sale and used in leading clinical centers.
The Heart (OCS) keeps the heart warm, pumps blood through it, and feeds it nutrients. This means the heart continues to beat outside the body and eliminates the chance of it deteriorating unlike placing it in a cooler. The heart (OCS) improves patient outcomes and reduces cost of patient care but like I stated before, it is still under clinical trial and not in commercial sale.
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