A better way to transport donor organs.A newly approved medical device may help increase the number of kidneys available for transplant transplant or graft Partial or complete organ or other body part removed from one site and attached at another. It may come from the same or a different person or an animal. One from the same person—most often a skin graft—is not rejected. . Currently, many organs that are donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. each year are not transplanted to those in need because of the time required to match organs and provide pre-transplant therapies that increase the likelihood of a successful outcome. The portable LifePort[R] Kidney Transporter treats and monitors a donated kidney, improving its condition before transplantation transplantation /trans·plan·ta·tion/ (trans?plan-ta´shun) the grafting of tissues taken from the patient's own body or from another. . Research has shown that gentle machine pumping--or perfusion--of an organ with a cold solution can increase the average storage time of kidneys from 18 hours to 35 or more: welcome news to the 55,000 Americans currently on the waiting list for a kidney. LifePort devices for the heart, liver and pancreas pancreas (păn`krēəs), glandular organ that secretes digestive enzymes and hormones. In humans, the pancreas is a yellowish organ about 7 in. (17.8 cm) long and 1.5 in. (3.8 cm) wide. are being developed and tested. |
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