Press Releases

FDA Warns Of Potentially Contaminated SPS-1 Static Preservation Solution Distributed by Organ Recovery Systems

Date Issued: March 9, 2017

Audiences:

  • Organ and tissue procurement organizations
  • Organ and tissue transplantation centers
  • Health Care Providers who conduct organ and tissue transplant procedures
  • Health Care Providers who care for organ and tissue transplant recipients
  • Operating Room Managers, Directors and Staff
  • Risk Managers
  • Patients considering organ or tissue transplantation
  • Organ and tissue recipients

Medical Specialties: Transplant surgeons,

UK Publishes Recommendations for Transmedics Organ Care System

The UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) completed a comprehensive review of the literature regarding normothermic extracorporeal preservation of hearts for transplantation following donation after brainstem death. This review comes following published and unpublished research trials using the Transmedics Organ Care System.

Heart transplantation usually involves hypothermic storage of donor heart until it

Design Evolution of the Asporto // Heart Preservation Device

Hibernicor’s Asporto // Heart Preservation Device has undergone a design upgrade improving the usability and functionality of the heart container. This improvement follows proof-of-concept testing done at the University of Minnesota Experimental Surgical Services laboratories. The Asporto device provides perfusion of cardioplegia to the donor heart using a computer-controlled peristaltic pump in a thermoelectrically

Semi-finalist – 2009 Minnesota Cup business plan competition

With over 1000 entries to the 2009 Minnesota Cup, Hibernicor ranked in the Top 10  in the Biosciences category following a first round of judging.  The Minnesota Cup is an annual, statewide competition, which seeks out aspiring entrepreneurs and their breakthrough ideas.  The competition was hosted by the University of Minnesota and Wells Fargo for its fifth year.

 

Research study shows that Asporto limits degradation of the donor heart

A recent study from the University of Minnesota using the Asporto heart preservation device was published in a nationally recognized peer reviewed journal. The study demonstrated that intermittent antegrade cardioplegia maintains a significantly higher pH in donor hearts. The study involved a series of animal hearts preserved using the conventional method of donor heart transportation