Kidney cooling system
AssigneeGrena USA LLC
InventorsIlona Korczak-Cegielska, Alberto Breda, Andrzej Decewicz, Konrad Brodaczewski
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Abstract
A medical device for thermally treating a donor organ to be transplanted within a patient, comprises a jacket. The jacket includes a first section and a second section adjacent to the first section. The first and second sections are folded about a hinge to form a pocket sized to receive the donor organ. The first and second sections are secured together by a plurality of conjoined weld bar sets. A sling depends from the second section and has a strap. The strap includes a first end portion coupled to the sling, and an opposite second end portion affixed to one set of the plurality of conjoined weld bar sets.
Claims3
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A method of thermally treating a donor organ to be transplanted within a patient, the method comprising:
- providing a donor organ and a jacket, the jacket including a plurality of biocompatible layers joined together by a plurality of electrostatic welds, the jacket defining:
- a pocket sized and shaped to receive the donor organ;
- and
- an aperture sized and shaped to allow for the protrusion of at least one artery, vein, and ureter associated with the donor organ;
- positioning the donor organ within the pocket and closing the jacket;
- positioning the closed jacket within a target transplantation site;
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- circulating coolant within the jacket along a fluid flow pathway defined by a series of channels and the plurality of electrostatic welds to cool the donor organ to a temperature below 20° C.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.