First clinical heart transplant performed using Stig Steen’s new method
Through its collaboration agreement with Igelösa, XVIVO Perfusion has the commercial rights to Professor Stig Steen’s research on heart transplants. The research has resulted in a method in connection with heart transplants that makes it possible to transport and preserve the heart from a donor in a more optimized way. Previous animal experiments have demonstrated that the method has the potential to extend the time a heart can be preserved outside the body (Ex Vivo). The first clinical heart transplant using the new method has now been performed at Skåne University Hospital.Approximately 6,