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Mastering Remote Monitoring and Tracking with LifePort Kidney Transporter
Join us for an interactive webinar designed to help OPO and transplant center teams learn how LifePort Kidney Transporter (LKT) can streamline logistics and eliminate the need to track down pumps. Explore how LKT’s quick setup, intuitive user experience, and...
Organ Recovery Systems Announces Publication of 10-Year Follow Up Data of Landmark Hypothermic Machine Perfusion Study Featuring LifePort Kidney Transporter in the New England Journal of Medicine
ITASCA, IL – (November 6, 2025) – Organ Recovery Systems (ORS), a global leading provider of organ perfusion devices and services, announced today that the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) published detailed, 10-year follow-up data from a 2009 Moers et al....
The first kidney transplant in Vietnam using a continuous hypothermic kidney preservation machine
Adapted from Vietnam+'s article Hue Central Hospital has just successfully performed the first kidney transplant in the country using a continuous hypothermic kidney preservation machine, marking a new historical milestone in Vietnamese medicine. On the afternoon of...
Everyone going the extra mile – ECU Health transplants kidney flown commercially on LifePort Kidney Transporter
Adapted from ECU health's article Ruth McCorkle spent years traveling around the world during retirement on solo trips and trips with friends. In September 2023, her traveling was put on pause when unexpectedly learned she had serious kidney issue. Within days, she...
Local12—Machine perfusion leading to more organ viability for liver transplants
Organ Recovery Systems (ORS) is honored to announce that UC Health, a Continued Access site in PILOT clinical trial has set a record in 2023 for most transplants in the US! We are thankful for our ongoing collaboration with UC Health and their success using LifePort...
Portable hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion for organ preservation in liver transplantation (PILOT™): A randomized, open-label, clinical trial*
Panayotova et al. published a multicenter, randomized, noninferiority trial which sought to compare liver preservation using the LifePort Liver Transporter to the standard of care, static cold storage. The study included 142 liver transplant procedures from 9 US...
LifePort Liver Transporter by Organ Recovery Systems Achieves 100 Perfused Livers in Continued Access Study
Organ Recovery Systems (ORS) is proud to announce that 100 donor livers have been successfully transplanted after being preserved using LifePort® Liver Transporter (LLT) with Vasosol® at approved centers under the Continued Access arm of the PILOT™ (Perfusion to...
LifePort Liver Transporter by Organ Recovery Systems Wins Fast Company’s 2023 Innovation by Design Award in the ‘Health’ Category
Organ Recovery Systems (ORS) is honored to announce that its LifePort Liver Transporter was selected as the winner in the ‘Health’ category in Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards for 2023. The Innovation by Design Awards, which can be found in the September...
David’s Transplant Journey
In this powerful video, we meet David, a liver recipient who shares his journey of needing a liver transplant. David speaks about the emotional and physical toll of waiting for a liver to become available, not knowing when or if he would receive that call. David takes...
Business Wire—Organ Recovery Systems’ LifePort Liver Transporter Preserves First Livers for Transplant as Part of the PILOT Continued Access Study
We are proud to announce that the first livers have officially been transplanted using the LifePort®Liver Transporter as part of the PILOT™ Continued Access Study. The first livers preserved with the LLT under Continued Access were transplanted at University...
Business Wire—LifePort Kidney Transporter Awarded Exclusive Contract for Kidney Transplant Preservation Services in Belgium
We are proud to announce that the first kidney has officially been pumped using the LifePort Kidney Transporter in Belgium under a newly signed contract that names Organ Recovery Systems as the exclusive provider of kidney preservation services at seven transplant...
Gift of Hope Collaboration—Kidney Perfusion Videos
In collaboration with Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network, we're proud to provide two videos around kidney perfusion on the Organ Recovery Systems Client Community! Kidney Perfusion Improves Transplant Success describes how Gift of Hope uses HMP technology...
MedTech Insight—Organ Transplant Surgery Has Advanced – Organ Storage Should Too
In this article, MedTech Insight highlights machine preservation of donor organs with LifePort technology. By increasing utilization of donor organs and transporting them longer distances, LifePort systems may aid clinicians to make access to transplant more equitable...
Saint-Luc—World first: new technique for preserving kidney grafts
We are proud to announce that Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc transplanted the first kidney perfused in the LifePort Kidney Transporter after introducing supplemental oxygen! The link showcases an interview in French with kidney transplant surgeon Professor Tom...
Discover Magazine—The People Making Organ Transplants More Efficient
In this article, Discover Magazine highlights how companies, such as Organ Recovery Systems, are transforming the way donated organs are preserved and transported. We're grateful to share our story, especially during National Donate Life Month! With the LifePort...
Intermountain Healthcare—Days of Using Coolers to Transport Organs May Soon Be Over
In this article, Intermountain Healthcare transplant surgeons perform the first ever liver transplants in Utah with organs preserved by the LifePort® Liver Transporter during the clinical trial, PILOT™. PILOT (Perfusion to Improve Liver Outcomes in...
Fox19—UC Health Performs First Cold Pump Liver Transplant
In this article from FOX19 NOW, meet the first liver transplant patient to receive a cold pump liver which was pumped on a LifePort® Liver Transporter during its clinical trial, PILOT™. PILOT (Perfusion to Improve Liver Outcomes in Transplantation) is a...
ABC12 News—Organ Transplant Goes Hi-tech
In this article, Intermountain Healthcare takes part in the PILOT™ clinical trial of the LifePort® Liver Transporter. PILOT (Perfusion to Improve Liver Outcomes in Transplantation) is a prospective randomized multi-center oxygenated hypothermic machine...