Transmedics公司开发的移植手术系统能够确保器官活力

Transmedics公司开发的移植手术系统能够确保器官活力
           
一种新型移植手术系统能够维持移植器官的活力，否则这些器官就不能够用于移植。

该系统被设计用于维持和提高器官活力，延长器官在体外的存活时间，给了外科医生评估和改善该器官功能的机会，增加了用于移植的器官的供应。TransMedics器官护理系统是由Transmedics公司(Andover, MA, USA)研制开发的，包括一台特制机器，能够维持心脏跳动和温度，直至被用于移植。这就免除了将心脏放置于冰块中的需要，而这是当前常规使用的方法。该系统当前在美国仅限于科研使用。

Transplant-Surgery System Maintains Viable Organs

           
A new transplant-surgery system may make it possible to transplant organs that would otherwise not be transplantable.

The system is designed to maintain and improve organ health, increase the amount of time that an organ can remain outside the body, give surgeons the opportunity to assess and potentially improve the function of the organ, and increase the availability of viable organs for transplant. The TransMedics organ care system, developed by Transmedics (Andover, MA, USA), includes a specialized machine that, for example, keeps a heart beating and warm until it is ready to be used. This eliminates the need for packing the heart in ice, as the current method requires. The system is currently limited to investigational use in the United States.