Devices and methods for transporting an organ for transplantation
AssigneeTraferox Technologies Inc.
InventorsMathieu ALLARD, Alexander SHVARTSBERG, Dwarakesh RAMESH
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Abstract
An organ transportation apparatus is provided. The organ transportation apparatus comprises an insulating enclosure comprising a compartment, a lower receptacle positionable in the compartment configured to hold at least a first type of organ, and an upper receptacle positionable in the compartment above the at least one lower receptacle and configured to hold at least a second type of organ. The organ transportation apparatus is configured to transport different types of organs using different, removable receptacles.
Claims28
An organ transportation apparatus comprising:
- an insulating enclosure comprising a compartment;
- a lower receptacle positionable in the compartment configured to hold at least a first type of organ;
- and
- an upper receptacle positionable in the compartment above the lower receptacle and configured to hold at least a second type of organ.
A method for transporting one or more organs for transplant, the method comprising:
- opening an organ transportation apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one cooling pack,
- a first receptacle configured to hold at least a first organ type, and
- a second receptacle configured to hold at least a second organ type;
- in accordance with the one or more organs being the first type of organ, positioning one or more bags containing the one or more organs within the first receptacle and closing the organ transportation apparatus with both the first receptacle and the second receptacle within the organ transportation apparatus;
- in accordance with the one or more organs being the second type of organ, positioning one or more bags containing the one or more organs within the second receptacle and closing the organ transportation apparatus with the second receptacle in the organ transportation apparatus but not the first receptacle;
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- transporting the organ transportation apparatus to a transplantation site.
A method for organ transportation, the method comprising:
- loading an organ transportation apparatus with at least one bag of organ preservation fluid, the apparatus comprising:
- an insulating enclosure comprising a compartment;
- a lower receptacle positionable in the compartment configured to hold at least a first type of organ;
- and
- an upper receptacle positionable in the compartment above the at least one lower receptacle and configured to hold at least a second type of organ;
- loading the organ transportation apparatus with at least one cooling pack;
- loading the organ transportation apparatus with the lower receptacle and the upper receptacle;
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- closing the organ transportation apparatus for sending to a transplantation site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.