Iranian Professor Abbas Ardehali, Head of Heart and Lung Transplant Ward in UCLA Hospital in the US, who has managed to invent a device to keep the donated organs alive outside of the human body for a longer time, elaborated on his invention among reporters on Sunday.
Pointing to the time of preserving the organ alive, Ardehali said the donated heart can stay alive for a maximum six hours outside of the human body in ice, which makes the surgery more complicated when the donated organ is to be transferred from long distances.
"I invented a devise which helps preserve the donated heart for longer hours, which is about nine hours and 56 minutes and may increase to even 24 hours," he said.
He referred to the device as a revolution in the field of heart transplant surgery, saying that it increases the survival rate among those suffering from heart failure.
"The invention of the new device is done for the first time in the world and no such thing has already been registered in the history of medical sciences," Iranian professor underlined.
"My device pumps blood through human hearts, allowing them to stay warm and survive longer during transport. This can help a donated heart stay alive for 10 hours outside the human body," Ardehali said, elaborating more on his invention.
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