TransMedics (NSDQ:TMDX) announced today that the doctors at two hospitals performed the first U.S. heart transplants using donor hearts that were resuscitated using the company’s organ care system (OCS).
The transplants from donation after circulatory death (DCD) took place at Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C. and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. In a DCD procedure, the donation process can start only after the heart has stopped beating. Currently, DCD donors are not considered for heart transplantation due to the potential for injury once the heart stops beating and the inability to assess heart viability using cold static storage, according to the Andover, Mass.-based company.
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