TRANSPLANT DEVICE KEEPS HEART BEATING

These days, a heart being readied for transplant is unceremoniously placed in an ice chest before being rushed to the recipient. Doctors have about four hours to get the silent heart stitched into its new owner. But an Andover company and a researcher who will move to Massachusetts General Hospital next month have come up with what could be a better way: They can keep a heart beating while it is transported, which they believe will allow donor hearts to last longer without damage and potentially give the recipient a healthier heart.

Boston Globe (http://www.boston.com/news/globe/health_science/articles/2006/08/14/transplant_device_keeps_heart_beating/?page=1)