Organ Recovery Systems

11/09/2025

We're live at AASLD's in Washington, D.C.! Our team is ready to 💬 talk all things LifePort with you! Stop by booth #1354 to chat with Carrie, Jake, and Kayla about our organ preservation technologies. ⚕️🛡️

Check out the program here:
aasld.org/the-liver-meeting/all-liver-meetingr-guides-one-place

11/08/2025

“Machine perfusion in liver transplant is here to stay!”

Kicking off the third AASLD and ILTS course of the day, Dr. James Guarrera, MD, FACS set the stage with a powerful overview of Expanding the Donor Pool Through Perfusion Technology. His session highlighted how machine perfusion is transforming liver preservation - improving patient outcomes, reducing ischemic cholangiopathy, and reshaping the future of transplant logistics.

Innovation in action. Progress in motion.

11/07/2025

A case report published by LifeShare of Oklahoma showcased two LifePort Kidney Transporter-perfused kidneys that were successfully transplanted, even with high vascular resistance.⚕️

The donor was a 34 year old DCD with tacrolimus-induced functional Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) and the following characteristics:

🔷 High renal resistance (terminal RR 0.83 & 0.70 mmHg/mL/min)
🔷 Low perfusion flow
🔷 CIT > 40 hours

Despite these challenges, both kidneys were preserved on LifePort Kidney Transporter for 29 hours and transplanted with excellent outcomes – no post-discharge dialysis, no acute rejection episodes during the one-year follow-up, and stable creatinine levels at one-year follow-up.

The authors concluded that kidney allografts with high renal resistance during HMP, from donors with CNI drug-induced functional AKI, can be successfully used for transplantation.

Read the full article here: https://www.organ-recovery.com/high-vascular-resistance-kidney-transplant/

11/06/2025

📣 Groundbreaking 10-Year Clinical Outcomes Published in NEJM Highlight Long-Term Benefits of LifePort Kidney Transporter 🎉

Organ Recovery Systems is proud to share newly published 10-year follow-up data in the New England Journal of Medicine, reinforcing the long-term impact of hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) using LifePort Kidney Transporter. This extensive follow-up builds on the landmark 2009 Moers et al. study, which originally demonstrated the benefits of HMP in kidney transplantation. ⚕️ 🛡️

The decade-long data confirms and strengthens earlier findings, showing that kidney preservation with LifePort significantly reduces delayed graft function and improves long-term graft survival, particularly in expanded-criteria donor (ECD) kidneys. Specifically, the data demonstrates that ECD kidneys perfused on LifePort Kidney Transporter have improved graft survival at 10 years at 69.6% vs. 60.1% with SCS. Additionally, DCD kidneys perfused on LifePort Kidney Transporter also have improved graft survival at 10 years at 81.4% vs. 75.61% with SCS. 🎯

Matt Copithorne, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at ORS, said, “This is the first and only prospective, randomized clinical trial evaluating an HMP device in kidney transplantation with 10-year outcomes. For patients awaiting a second chance at life, these results offer real hope. More successful transplants and longer-lasting grafts mean more lives saved and a deeper honoring of the gift of donation. Organ Recovery Systems is proud to lead the way in advancing transplant innovation and making every donation count." 💝

Read the full announcement: https://www.organ-recovery.com/10-year-follow-up-data-of-landmark-hmp-study/

11/05/2025

We're proud to support the 2026 Transplant Games in Denver!

The Transplant Life Foundation is thrilled to announce Organ Recovery Systems as a sponsor for the 2026 Transplant Games in Denver, Colorado, June 18-23, 2026!

About Organ Recovery Systems:

For over 25 years, Organ Recovery Systems has proudly supported donation and transplant professionals in their service to honor the gift of life and improve outcomes for their patients. ORS supports global transplant programs with trusted LifePort® technology, along with organ preservation solutions SPS-1® (UW solution), KPS-1®, and Vasosol®

The Foundation is honored to have the support of Organ Recovery Systems, who will help bring together our transplant community for another incredible celebration of life when we come to Denver next June.

For more information, visit https://www.organ-recovery.com/

You can also follow them on their social media platforms here:

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11/03/2025

🎉 Welcome to Voices: Perspectives from your partners in transplantation! 🥳

Honoring the precious gift of life through innovation in organ preservation has been our purpose for more than two decades. Throughout our journey, we’ve worked alongside clinicians, OPOs, and transplant centers to help deliver the best possible outcomes for all patients waiting for a second chance at life. 🙌

Today, we’re excited to introduce Voices, a platform dedicated to sharing perspectives from people dedicated to advancing the field of transplantation. ⚕️

We invite you to read, share, and engage with us here. Together, by amplifying voices, we can advance preservation science, support the transplant community, and protect each gift, every time. 💝

Please take a minute to read our first blog, which was written by Matt Copithorne, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Americas & Pacific Rim: https://www.organ-recovery.com/about-us/voicesblog/

10/30/2025

“Ever since we implemented the use of remote monitoring and tracking, our allocation start has decreased from two hours 19 minutes to just 28 minutes, which is a huge decrease in time because we're not depending on staff to be able to find time within the operating room to manually post pump numbers and get those uploaded to DonorNet. We're able to just copy and paste the link.” Amanda Beck, Recovery Services Supervisor, Versiti

🙏 Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for our "Advancing Kidney Preservation to Protect Each Gift" webinar - special thanks to our client co-presenters, Beck and Guieb! 🥳

We loved hearing about their experience with LifePort Kidney Transporter's remote monitoring and tracking feature and hope you did too!

Interested in watching the recording? Reach out to your ORS Account Manager.

Visit https://www.organ-recovery.com/lifeport-kidney-transporter/ to learn about LifePort Kidney Transporter's Remote Monitoring and Tracking functionality.

10/30/2025

Thank you, Network for Hope! We're proud that LifePort Kidney Transporter is trusted by OPOs across the country, providing confidence and peace of mind to the professionals who rely on it every day to protect each gift.

Find out more about how our technology can do the same for you by visiting organ-recovery.com/lifeport-kidney-transporter/

10/28/2025

Don’t Miss Our Advancing Kidney Preservation Webinar tomorrow!

Join us for an exclusive webinar where you'll learn about LifePort Kidney Transporter's newest features and hear first-hand from users how these innovations are making a difference in their practice.

There's still room, reserve your spot: https://bit.ly/4mMfTaK

10/27/2025

📣 Another Global First Achieved with LifePort Kidney Transporter! 🚀

Earlier this month, a medically complex kidney preserved with LifePort hypothermic machine perfusion technology traveled over 12 hours from Ho Chi Minh City to Hue Central Hospital. ✈️

This marked both the first use of LifePort Kidney Transporter in Vietnam and the country’s longest recorded preservation time. 🥇

We are deeply honored that our technology played a role in this global milestone and continues to expand access to life-saving transplants worldwide. 💝

Read the Vietnam+ news article here:
https://www.organ-recovery.com/first-vietnam-kidney-transplant-hmp/

10/23/2025

Weighing in at just 45 lbs/21 kgs is... LifePort Kidney Transporter. 🥊💪

Thoughtfully designed for ultimate transportability and durability, LifePort Kidney Transporter enables you to move quickly, safely, and with purpose. Lightweight, compact, and easy to carry, it makes transport at a moment's notice a breeze. ✈️ 🚘 🚉

Trusted in the field. Proven in the OR.

Learn more about LifePort Kidney Transporter: https://bit.ly/48JkBPx

10/17/2025

In April 2024, I joined Organ Recovery Systems as Preservation Technician II at the ORS LifePort Preservation Center in Philadelphia. My role involves placing donor kidneys on LifePort Kidney Transporters (LKT) and monitoring their status until they arrive at the transplant center.

Before I joined ORS, I worked as a donor services technician at Infinite Legacy Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) in Baltimore, Maryland, for 19 years. While at the OPO, I met ORS team members and jumped at the opportunity to work here. It’s very humbling to take care of each donor kidney and see LKT’s positive impact on transplant recipients.

Outside of work, I like to keep as busy as possible, which includes being a volunteer firefighter, paramedic, and chief of an ambulance corporation, as well as overseeing a Boy Scout troop. All of those aside, my greatest accomplishment has been raising my three kids. They’re adults now and I’m so proud of the people they’ve become. In the little free time I have, you can find me outdoors camping, fishing, or woodworking. 💜