W R GRACE LIVER ASSIST SYSTEM

W R GRACE 肝脏辅助系统

• 批准号: 3742564
• 负责人: ACHILLES DEMETRIOU
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: LUNDQUIST INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION AT HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 至
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3742564
• 关键词: dialysis therapy; human subject; human therapy evaluation; liver failure

Many patients with liver failure will die while awaiting transplantation. As a bridge between liver failure and liver transplantation, a bioartificial Liver Assist System is being used investigationally, a device through which the patient's blood is infused through a column lined with porcine hepatocytes. This 6-hour treatment is repeated as needed until an organ has been secured for transplantation.

许多肝功能衰竭的患者会在等待移植期间死亡。 作为肝功能衰竭和肝移植之间的桥梁， 生物人工肝辅助系统正在进行研究，一种 将病人的血液通过柱子注入的装置 用猪肝细胞做衬里。这种6小时的治疗重复如下 直到器官被确保可以移植为止。