Method to refrigerate a jacket for keeping a transplant cold
AssigneeElectrolux S.A.R.L.
InventorsFrancois Desgrandchamps, Michel Eugene, Nico Girrens, Fernand Muller, Sylvia Spaniol
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Abstract
A jacket (10) for keeping a transplant (46) cold during the time the transplant in surgical way is connected to a receiver comprises a wall (12, 14) with a cavity (22) containing a frozen liquid, which melts under absorption of heat from the transplant. Before the transplant is placed in the jacket (10), the liquid, e.g. water, is frozen by being subjected to vacuum, vapour released from the liquid being absorbed by a substance, e.g. zeolite.
Claims2
Method for refrigerating a jacket (10), said jacket being used to enclose and keep a transplant (46) cold while the transplant is surgically connected to a recipient, said jacket (10) having a wall with a cavity (22) containing a liquid and an opening (24) to the cavity, comprising the steps of placing the jacket in a compartment which is evacuated, evacuating the cavity through the opening and freezing the liquid.
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