| CPC A01N 1/0247 (2013.01) | 11 Claims |
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1. An organ preservation system for preserving an organ ex vivo while perfusing said organ with a liquid, the organ preservation system comprising:
an organ container in which a closed organ preservation space can be formed;
an organ holder that holds said organ in said organ preservation space;
a liquid supply tube that supplies a liquid to said organ held by said organ holder;
a drainage tube that drains a liquid out of said organ held by said organ holder; and
a pressure regulator that regulates air pressure in said organ preservation space,
wherein said pressure regulator includes:
a pressure-reducing mechanism that is provided outside said organ container and sucks gas from said organ preservation space through a suction tube,
wherein said organ container includes:
a first connector detachably connected to said liquid supply tube and providing communication between said organ preservation space and an exterior space outside said organ container;
a second connector detachably connected to said drainage tube and providing communication between said organ preservation space and said exterior space;
a third connector detachably connected to said suction tube and providing communication between said organ preservation space and said exterior space;
a container body having an upwardly open concave portion that forms said organ preservation space;
a container cover that covers said upwardly open concave portion,
wherein said container body has:
a bottom face extending horizontally in a plate form or extending in a form of a downward concave curved surface; and
a side face projecting upward in a tubular form from an outer periphery of an upper side of said bottom face,
wherein said side face has, in the vicinity of the upper end portion:
an inner projection projecting inward from the entire perimeter in the vicinity of the upper end portion of the side face,
wherein said container cover includes:
a plate portion extending horizontally in a plate form or extending in a form of an upwardly concave curved surface; and
a tubular portion projecting downward in a tubular form from an outer periphery of a lower side of said plate portion,
wherein said tubular portion has a lower end including:
an outer tubular portion; and
an inner tubular portion located inward of said outer tubular portion, and
wherein said inner tubular portion extends inward and downward of an upper edge of said side face and comes in contact with said inner projection.
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