Patent ID: 11957124
Assignee: ORGANOX LIMITED
Field: Basic materials chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  Y | IPC A  C

Claim 7:
8. A method of perfusing an organ, the method comprising:
providing a perfusion circuit;
providing an excreted fluid collection volume and a sensor;
connecting the organ into the perfusion circuit;
circulating perfusion fluid through the perfusion circuit and the organ to perfuse the organ;
collecting excreted fluid which is excreted by the organ during the perfusion;
measuring for each of a plurality of times during perfusion of the organ, a respective rate of excretion of the excreted fluid; and
storing in memory each of the rates of excretion of the excreted fluid and the time at which it was measured, as flow rate information; wherein the measuring comprises detecting, using the sensor, when a predetermined volume of the excreted fluid has collected in the collection volume, removing the excreted fluid from the collection volume in response to said predetermined volume being reached and determining a plurality of times between subsequent occurrences of the predetermined volume being reached, and from each of the times between subsequent occurrences of the predetermined volume being reached, determining said respective flow rate of the excreted fluid from the organ.