A novel system for monitoring organs for transplant

Med Device Technol. 2004 Apr;15(3):27-9.

Abstract

It has been established in animal tests that this monitoring can be used as a reliable indicator of organ viability prior to implantation. The complete system has an easy-to-use interface, integrates seamlessly in a transport cool-box and conducts continuous, minimally invasive monitoring of the organ, making it a suitable tool for its intended clinical application. The system constitutes the starting point of a new line of equipment that, using custom multiprobe microsensors as core elements, will prompt the path towards new biomedical application niches in the field of microsystems.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Electric Impedance*
  • Equipment Design
  • Microelectrodes*
  • Miniaturization
  • Organ Culture Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Organ Preservation / instrumentation*
  • Temperature
  • Tissue Survival / physiology*
  • Transducers*
  • Transplants*