Development and Characterization of a Nonelectronic Versatile Oxygenating Perfusion System for Tissue Preservation.

Oxygenated machine perfusion of human organs has been shown to improve both preservation quality and time duration when compared to the current gold standard: static cold storage. However, existing machine perfusion devices designed for preservation and transportation of transplantable organs are too complicated and organ-specific to merit use as a solution for all organs. This work presents a novel, portable, and nonelectronic device potentially capable of delivering oxygenated machine perfusion to a variety of organs.

Review of Commercially Available Supraglottic Airway Devices for Prehospital Combat Casualty Care.

Background: Airway obstruction is the second leading cause of potentially survivable death on the battlefield. The Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care lists airway optimization among the top 5 battlefield research and development priorities; however, studies show that combat medics lack access to the recommended supraglottic airway (SGA) devices. SGA devices are an alternative airway management technique to endotracheal tube intubation.