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Donor lungs safely preserved up to 20 hours out-of-body prior to transplantation

A study on donor lungs preserved outside the body before transplantation demonstrated that the hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion (HOPE) technique is a safe and effective lung preservation ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

U.S. trial test machine that 'reconditions' lungs outside body

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. ST. LOUIS • A machine that 'reconditions' a donor's lungs outside the body before being transplanted into a recipient is ...
WGN-TV

Thinking outside the box to save a life: Chicago doctors repair lungs outside the body

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — A Kentucky man with Stage 4 cancer ...
Baylor College of Medicine

Confirmed: Portable Lung Preservation System for Extended Criteria Donor Lungs is safe and effective

Doctors at Baylor College of Medicine have confirmed that the use of the portable Organ Care System (OCS), or “breathing lung” technology, boosts long-term survival for transplant patients. This ...
lex18

Cancer survivor's wife writes book chronicling life saving 'lungs-in-a-box' technology

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — In April, Keith Zafren shared his cancer journey with LEX 18, chronicling a long battle with the disease before a risky lung transplant at Northwestern Medicine. Now, Zafren ...