Fig. 2: Labelled diagram and images of the perfusion machine during use. | Nature Communications

Fig. 2: Labelled diagram and images of the perfusion machine during use.

From: Prolonged normothermic perfusion of the kidney prior to transplantation: a historically controlled, phase 1 cohort study

Fig. 2: Labelled diagram and images of the perfusion machine during use.

A schematic; B kidney during perfusion; C machine with kidney on-board. Number components—1: Kidney during perfusion. 2: Organ container. 3: Arterial blood line. 4: Venous blood line. 5: Urine line. 6: Urine flow sensor. 7: Organ container drain (passive return to reservoir). 8: Soft-shell reservoir. 9: Centrifugal blood pump. 10: Heater/cooler. 11: Heated water column. 12: Oxygenator (combined with heat exchanger). 13: Gas line in. 14: Shunt line. 15: Arterial flow sensor. 16: Arterial pressure sensor. 17: Shunt sensor. 18: Syringe driver 1 (insulin/glucose 5%). 19: Syringe driver 2 (0.45% saline initially, exchanged for glucose 20% as required). 20: Syringe driver 3 (0.45% saline initially, exchanged for epoprostenol sodium as required).

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