Heart in a Box is pumps warm, oxygenated blood -- from the heart transplant donor -- through the heart the entire time it's in transit. The invention, which you may have seen on an episode of ...

The system is called “Heart in a Box” and it increases access to donated hearts by significantly extending the amount of time a heart can be preserved outside the body.

Referred to as the "Heart in a Box," it sends electrical signals to revive the heart, and pumps warm blood through it, allowing it to actually beat outside of the body.

The game-changer is technology the doctors nicknamed "heart in a box." If a patient dies from natural causes, it resuscitates a stopped heart by keeping it pumping outside of the body until it can ...

Groundbreaking ‘Heart in a Box’ technology gets FDA approval Kevin Doran KSTP Updated: May 10, 2022 - 8:17 PM Published: May 10, 2022 - 6:36 PM ...

The Heart and Vascular Center at Yale New Haven is the only hospital in Connecticut using technology by TransMedics called the Organ Care System, or “Heart in a Box.” (Stan Godlewski/Special ...

On Oct. 12, 2022, a transplant team at Northwestern procured its first donor heart using the "Heart in a Box" system and transplanted it into Jerry Dorsey, 55, from Champaign.

New technology could save the lives of heart transplant recipients. Doctors estimate “heart in a box” could make up to 30% more hearts available for transplant. NBC News’ Akshay Syal spoke ...