Patent ID: 8268547

Claim:
A method of transporting and storing a kidney, comprising, in sequence: a. assessing that damage has been caused to the kidney from warm ischemia; b. perfusing said kidney at a normothermic temperature to repair damage from warm ischemia; c. perfusing said kidney at a hypothermic temperature; d. at least one of transporting and storing said kidney at a hypothermic temperature; and e. perfusing said kidney at a normothermic temperature to repair damage from the hypothermic transport or storage of step d, wherein said normothermic perfusing steps b and e are performed with an oxygenated perfusion fluid, the method is performed using a single organ perfusion apparatus, normothermic temperatures are from 10° C. to 38° C., hypothermic temperatures are from 1° C. to 15° C., and the hypothermic temperatures are lower than the normothermic temperatures.