Patent ID: 7998725

Claim:
An apparatus for holding an organ or tissue for at least one of perfusion, storage, diagnosis and transport of the organ, comprising: a portable housing for holding the organ or the tissue, the portable housing enclosing a first set of tube segments and defining one or more openings; and a tube frame removably connectible to the portable housing and configured to hold a second set of tube segments at respective predetermined positions where they are directly connectible to the first set of tube segments by way of at least one of the one or more openings, each of the predetermined positions corresponding to a location of the one or more openings, wherein the tube frame is adjacent to the portable housing at least one of the predetermined positions, and the portable housing, the first set of tube segments, and the second set of tube segments form at least part of a closed fluid circuit, the closed fluid circuit being configured to allow the portable housing, the first set of tube segments, the second set of tube segments and the tube frame to be installed in and removed from an organ transporter, organ perfusion device or organ diagnostic device as a unit without breaking the closed fluid circuit.