Apparatus and method for maintaining and/or restoring viability of organs

US6673594B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• ORGAN RECOVERY SYSTEMS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Donald R. Owen · New Orleans, US
• David Kravitz · Chicago, US
• John Brassil · Northbrook, US
• Kelvin G. M. Brockbank · Charleston, US
• Andrew Burroughs · Kenosha, US
• Dickon Isaacs · Chicago, US
• Dennis Steibel, JR. · Lake Zurich, US
• Richard Fraser · Bartlett, US
• Stanley Harris · Fairfax, US
• Douglas Schein · Des Plaines, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 25, 2000
• Grant date: Jan 6, 2004
• Expiry date: Jun 4, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01N1/143
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An organ perfusion apparatus and method monitor, sustain and/or restore viability of the organs and preserve organs for storage and/or transport. Other apparatus include an organ transporter, an organ cassette and an organ diagnostic device.