Patent ID: 8802425

Claim:
A device ( 1 ) for hypothermic perfusion of a cardiac organ comprising: a. a first sealed tank ( 2 ) able to contain a physiological liquid (LP); b. a second sealed tank ( 3 ) communicating, in a sealed manner, with an internal volume of the first tank via a nozzle ( 6 ), an end of the nozzle adapted to connect to the cardiac organ; c. a device for refrigerating the first tank ( 2 ) and keeping the first tank ( 2 ) at a substantially constant temperature; d. a device ( 4 ) for intermittently pressurizing the internal volume of the first tank; wherein the first tank ( 2 ) communicates with the pressurizing device ( 4 ) by way of a conduit ( 5 ) connecting an interior of the first tank ( 2 ) to the pressurizing device, so as to permit pressurization of the internal volume of the first tank ( 2 ) and of the physiological liquid inside the first tank ( 2 ), in order to perform perfusion of the organ (O); and wherein the second tank ( 3 ) constitutes a U-type perfusion system which, in a bottom wall thereof common with an upper wall of the first tank ( 2 ), comprises a safety element ( 7 ) formed by an overflow outlet duct which communicates with the first tank ( 2 ) and includes a non-return valve ( 10 ).