| abstract |
The invention provides systems, methods and solutions for perfusing a lung ex vivo. A method for perfusing a lung ex vivo comprises connecting the lung within a fluid perfusion circuit, flowing a perfusion fluid into the lung through a pulmonary artery interface and away from the lung through a pulmonary vein interface, providing a respiratory gas to the lung for use in metabolism by the lung, the respiratory gas having a pre-determined composition of oxygen, and ventilating the lung through a tracheal interface. |