Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Container and supporting structure for housing an organ
- Patent Title (中): 集装箱和配套结构
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Application No.: US13498160Application Date: 2010-09-24
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Publication No.: US09084416B2Publication Date: 2015-07-21
- Inventor: Stig Steen , Audrius Paskevicius , Anna Beyer , Morgan Johansson , Benjamin King , Anna Soderlund , Anders Lindsten , Peter Sebelius , Maria Sperlingsson , Joakim Nilsson
- Applicant: Stig Steen , Audrius Paskevicius , Anna Beyer , Morgan Johansson , Benjamin King , Anna Soderlund , Anders Lindsten , Peter Sebelius , Maria Sperlingsson , Joakim Nilsson
- Applicant Address: SE Lund
- Assignee: VIVOLINE MEDICAL AB
- Current Assignee: VIVOLINE MEDICAL AB
- Current Assignee Address: SE Lund
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: SE0901242 20090925; SE0901422 20091106
- International Application: PCT/SE2010/000232 WO 20100924
- International Announcement: WO2011/037512 WO 20110331
- Main IPC: A01N1/00
- IPC: A01N1/00 ; A01N1/02 ; C12M3/00 ; C12M1/36 ; C12M1/38

Abstract:
An apparatus intended for evaluation, preservation and perfusion of an organ, such as a lung. The apparatus includes a container with a bottom portion, an insert portion and a lid portion. A pulmonary artery tube is intended to be connected to the lung pulmonary artery and a trachea tube is intended to be connected to the trachea of the lungs and bent tube connects the pulmonary artery tube to a circuit for providing a fluid to the pulmonary artery is provided. The circuit includes a pump, an oxygenator, an optional leukocyte-filter, and a holder for connecting the trachea tube to a source of respiration. There is an oxygenator tube set and a leukocyte-filter tube set. A supporting structure for the container comprises a recess sized for enclosing said container and a display panel. Moreover, there are two handles, which may be unfolded into a position for supporting a sterile cloth.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120184024A1 Container and Supporting Structure for Housing an Organ Public/Granted day:2012-07-19
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