Patent ID: 8012677

Claim:
A method of perfusing an organ, tissue, or part thereof, of an animal or human, the method comprising: evaluating the organ, tissue, or part thereof; and perfusing the organ, tissue, or part thereof at normothermia by recirculation with a solution, wherein the organ, tissue, or part thereof is connected to a heart-lung machine during the perfusion, and wherein the solution comprises: (a) serum albumin at a concentration of 55-105 g/L; (b) a scavenger and coating compound, which coats the capillary endothelium of the organ, tissue, or part thereof, at a concentration of 1-55 g/L; (c) a physiological serum concentration of a salt; and (d) a nutrient for the organ, tissue, or part thereof, in a physiologically acceptable medium; wherein the solution provides an oncotic pressure higher than an applied hydrostatic pressure in the organ, tissue, or part thereof, and wherein the solution prevents oedema formation.