Patent ID: 6905871
Filing Date: 2005-06-14
Classification: A01N,F04B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for mechanical organ perfusion during the transport phase of a donor organ, which apparatus comprises an organ receptacle for accommodating the organ, propulsion means for moving the perfusate contained in a liquid compartment of the apparatus to and through the organ receptacle, and oxygenation means for the aeration of the organ receptacle, wherein the propulsion means are embodied as a pump driven by compressed air, while the compressed air serves at the same time for the aeration of the organ receptacle, and wherein the pump comprises a single membrane movably mounted in the liquid compartment and below the organ receptacle, providing a separation between the perfusate contained in the liquid compartment on one side and the compressed air on another side, and which membrane assumes a position that depends at least on pressure of the compressed air directly in communication with the membrane.