The ‘heart in a box’ is a game changer for transplants since it doesn’t rely on the donor to be ‘brain dead’ to harvest the organ.
The recipient Jeff Robinson said he feels like a new man after receiving the new heart.The device brings the vital organ back to life from the donor and can keep it out of the body far longer than the previous four hours on ice.
“We go from the four hour window to six, seven, in some instances nine hours,” said Dr. Brian Hardaway who is Jeff’s cardiologist and Medical Director of Heart Transplants. “In a situation where someone has suffered a circulatory death, those traditionally have not been offered to programs for potential transplantation, those are donors we have not heard about,” said Dr. Hardaway. “That opens up the pool significantly.”“Everything has been unbelievable, I don’t even know what to say, Jeff’s got a new heart we came home with a new, we’re going to be married 50 years, that was a lifetime ago, I feel like we’ve lived four lifetimes,” said Trish.
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