UK - 3i backed TransMedics participates in first ever UK beating heart transplant

A 58 year old Papworth Hospital patient became the first person in the UK to receive a beating heart following a transplant operation carried out by a team of surgeons at Papworth Hospital on 22nd May.

The companys' new system for organ preservation maintains human organs in a functioning state outside of the body, which is impossible with the current system of storing and transporting organs preserved only in ice.

After removal from the donor, the heart is placed into the Organ Care System, designed to maintain human organs in a functioning state outside the body. The heart is then immediately revived to a beating state, perfused with oxygen and nutrient-rich blood and maintained at the appropriate temperature. Using the system, organs are kept in their physiological, beating state during transport to the recipient and until implantation.

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