Portable organ and tissue preservation apparatus, kit and methods
OwnerThomas D. Franklin, JR., Stacie L. Hyatt +4inventors
InventorsThomas D. Franklin, JR., Stacie L. Hyatt, Howell E. Warner, Marshall Wenrich, Marvin J. Slepian, Shell Lambert
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Abstract
An organ and tissue preservation and transport apparatus comprising a chamber, a temperature control mechanism and a system monitor. A medium bathes an organ within the chamber. The temperature control mechanism adjusts the temperature of the medium. The system monitors receiving and records the temperature of the chamber.
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An organ, tissue, and limb preservation and transport apparatus comprising:
- a chamber defining an interior space sized and shaped to receive an organ;
- means for controlling the temperature of the chamber;
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- means for isolating the chamber from an external environment.
An organ and tissue preservation and transport apparatus, comprising:
- a first chamber defining an interior space sized and shaped for receiving an organ, the chamber formed at least in part from a first material having at least one heat transfer characteristic;
- a second chamber defining an interior space that substantially surrounds an outer surface of the first chamber, the second chamber formed at least in part from a second material having at least one heat transfer characteristic;
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- a third chamber defining an interior space that substantially surrounds an outer surface of the second chamber, the third chamber formed at least in part from a third material having at least one heat transfer characteristic;
- wherein the at least one heat transfer characteristic of the first material and the at least one heat transfer characteristic of the second material are substantially different.
An organ and tissue preservation and transport apparatus, comprising:
- a portable casing having a hollow interior;
- a chamber positioned in the hollow interior of the portable casing, the chamber defining an interior space sized and shaped to receive an organ;
- a medium disposed within the chamber;
- a first sensor disposed in the chamber capable of providing at least one quantitative measurement;
- a second sensor positionable about the organ received in the chamber and capable of providing at least one quantitative measurement;
- a temperature control mechanism for controlling the temperature of the interior space of the chamber;
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- a system monitor for registering the at least one quantitative measurement of the first sensor and the at least one quantitative measurement of the second sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.