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Tampa General Hospital[1] (TGH) announced that is the first in Florida to use an organ care system that allows donor lungs, hearts, and livers to stay viable and working for hours during transport, and is likely to expand the number of life-saving transplants, including lung transplants for people with cystic fibrosis[2] (CF), done at its center.

The first lung transplant in Florida using the machine — the Organ Care System by TransMedics — was performed on Oct. 22 at TGH.[3][4]

“We can maintain the organs for longer periods, which means we can retrieve them from a wider geographic area,” John Dunning[5], MD, surgical director for Heart and Lung Transplantation at TGH, said in a press release[6].

“And, the condition of the organs at the time of transplant is better,” added Dunning, who is also a professor of cardiothoracic surgery at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine[7].

The Organ Care System (OCS) is a portable device acting as a miniature int...