Surely
Dec 20, 2008, 02:20 AM
I had to share this, it's just too cool. To see lungs expanding and contracting outside of the body is just amazing. :eek:
Toronto researchers have pioneered a technique to repair donor lungs outside the human body, an advance that could increase the number of usable lungs available for transplant in Canada by up to six-fold.
The Toronto System preserves the lungs under a Star-Trek-like domed apparatus at body temperature - 37 degrees Celsius - by pumping a bloodless oxygen-carrying solution through the organ, while they expand and contract on a respirator.
The video is in the article. (http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/556444)
Toronto researchers have pioneered a technique to repair donor lungs outside the human body, an advance that could increase the number of usable lungs available for transplant in Canada by up to six-fold.
The Toronto System preserves the lungs under a Star-Trek-like domed apparatus at body temperature - 37 degrees Celsius - by pumping a bloodless oxygen-carrying solution through the organ, while they expand and contract on a respirator.
The video is in the article. (http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/556444)
