Controlled-environment medical container

Controlled-environment container for preserving and transporting living organs to be transplanted comprising a box with a movable lid delimiting a thermally insulating inner enclosure and outer compartments, a refrigerating unit which is housed partly in one of said compartments and partly in said enclosure and which has means for maintaining a selected specified temperature in said enclosure, a pumping unit which is housed partly in another of said compartments and partly in said enclosure and which includes means for supplying at least one organ to be placed in said enclosure with a fluid for physiological use at a selected specified pressure and flow rate, a control means which is connected to said refrigerating and pumping units and which is adapted to operate said refrigerating and pumping units and monitor their assigned operations, and an electrical power source which is connected to said refrigerating and pumping units and which supplies power to said refrigerating and pumping units, and wherein said container further comprises a disposable aseptic detachable transporting assembly provided with:

• a reservoir means comprising a bag adapted to contain said fluid;
• a collector means comprising a bag adapted to collect fluid which has been supplied to said organ;
• a transporting means adapted to receive said organ and including means for receiving a suspension device in order to hold said organ and a dispensing means adapted to supply said organ with said fluid;
• and pipework connecting said reservoir means and said dispensing means by passing via said pumping unit and connecting said transporting means and said collector bag.