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Use of Machine Perfusion to Increase the Number of Expanded Criteria Deceased Donor Kidney Transplants: A Pharmacoeconomic Analysis
A recent pharmacoeconomic study from Brazil by Tedesco Silva Junior et al. sought to evaluate the cost-effectiveness and budgetary impact of incorporating hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) for preserving extended criteria donor (ECD) kidneys. They found that...
Overcoming the longest cold ischemia time seen in Korea using HMP in deceased donor kidney transplantation
Kim et al. reported on a deceased donor kidney transplant case that had the longest reported cold ischemic time (CIT) in Korea which was facilitated by using hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP). A 54 year old male marginal deceased donor (Korean Kidney Donor Profile...
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...
KSLTV—Doctors Testing New Liver Transplant Transport System
In this article, KSLTV of Salt Lake City reports on Intermountain Healthcare’s participation in the LifePort Liver Transporter clinical trial. “We’re keeping that liver working in a somewhat normal, physiologic state during the time that it’s out of the donor’s body...
University Hospital—University Hospital Performs First Transplant with Machine Preserved Liver in the State of New Jersey
In this press release, University Hospital announces the successful transplantation of a donated liver preserved by portable hypothermic machine perfusion, a first in the state of New Jersey. The liver was preserved using the LifePort® Liver Transporter during the...