Video of the Month

We previously highlighted the brilliant biomedical imagery of ex vivo lung perfusion (1) – circulating fluid through damaged lungs to stabilize them for subsequent use in a transplant. The main limitation of this earlier iteration was the approximate six-hour use of the apparatus, but a group of researchers from Columbia University have boosted that exponentially to 36-hour support of lungs.

The video below shows an accelerated time-lapse of a pair of lungs being perfused for approximately 36 hours. In the top right is the patient data, while the bottom right displays the perfusion machine statistics.

Credit: Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic/Columbia Engineering.