(NSDQ:TMDX) said today that its OCS lung transport system was used to ship donor lungs from Hawaii to the mainland U.S. for successful implantations in two patients.
Donor lungs retrieved from Hawaii initially were not accepted for transplantation due to limitations of cold static storage, according to the Andover, Mass.-based company. The OCS system was designed to keep donated hearts, lungs and livers in near-living condition until transplantation.
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