{"id":1628,"date":"2026-05-31T13:05:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1628"},"modified":"2026-05-31T13:05:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:05:43","slug":"scores-of-donated-organs-go-to-waste-two-mass-companies-are-causing-a-tidal-shift-to-save-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1628","title":{"rendered":"Scores of donated organs go to waste. Two Mass. companies are causing a \u2018tidal shift\u2019 to save them."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Earlier this year, a patient in North Carolina successfully received a donated heart from a donor in California, in what\u2019s become a seemingly ordinary, though still nervy, feat in the high-stakes world of organ transplants.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But it wasn\u2019t that long ago that sending a critical organ such as a heart on a 2,000-mile, eight-hour plus journey across the country without supplying it with a constant flow of blood was impossible. Four to six hours max outside the body was the limit for most surgeons.<\/span><\/p>\n

But something of a small revolution has occurred in the field, centered around one of the more prosaic components of such a sophisticated medical operation: the traveling container that holds the donated organ.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And behind it are two companies based in Massachusetts that have developed high-tech containers that significantly extend the viability of the donor organ. The devices maintain internal temperatures and even continuously run fluid or air through the organs to keep them pumping while in transit. <\/span><\/p>\n

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