New organ-saving technology helps patients on transplant waitlist
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New organ-saving technology helps patients on transplant waitlist
Jul 1, 2024, 5:30 PM | Updated: 6:58 pm
MURRAY — Doctors at Intermountain Health are using a new technology that is changing the organ transplant process for patients and doctors.
The new device is called the “OrganOx,” and it’s giving people like 22-year-old Sophie Hansen a quicker chance of getting an organ donation, by keeping the organ functioning outside of the body.
“I was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune liver disease …