Metabolic monitoring tech could help identify more donor lungs for transplantation

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Add as preferred source A sensor developed to continuously monitor the health of donated lungs prior to transplantation features a modular design of small glass slides. Credit: University of Waterloo More than three-quarters of donated lungs offered for transplantation are not used, according to the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, contributing to a chronic shortage of organs for patients with end-stage lung disease.

Researchers hope a new medical device incorporating monitoring technology they recently developed could ultimately help change that by continuously measuring key indicators of lung function while donor organs are maintained outside the body.