The demand for perfusion solutions and services continues to grow, fueled by the persistent burden of heart disease and rising cases of respiratory, renal, and hepatic conditions. According to Fortune Business Insights, the global perfusion systems market was valued at approximately $5.45 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach around $14.77 billion by 2034, […]
The utilization of perfusion related services is increasing in North America and around the world. Once an experimental therapy, extra-corporeal technology has become instrumental in open heart surgeries, life-saving respiratory and cardiac interventions, and organ preservation and transplantation. ECMO, formerly viewed as a โlast resortโ treatment, became widely accepted throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and its
The process of organ transplantation from the donor hero to the recipient may seem like a complex but straightforward process โ but behind it is an intricate system of collaboration between surgical teams, organ procurement organizations (OPOs), and perfusion providers. The vast amount of moving parts and personnel requires planning and collaboration to achieve the goal
At SpecialtyCare, we have the privilege of working with over 1,200 hospitals around the country across our services lines. One of them is St. Davidโs Medical Center, which was recently ranked number one among community hospitals by the Austin Business Journal. Our team at St. Davidโs includes our Area Clinical Managers, Erica Conner and Carter
The primary functions of the kidneys and the renal system are to regulate extracellular fluid volume and blood pressure, osmolarity, electrolytes, and pH; to excrete toxins and waste; and to produce specific hormones. If the kidneys are acutely injured, the body will experience a reduction or loss of glomerular filtration and urine output, leading to
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(BRENTWOOD, TN, March 3, 2025) โ SpecialtyCare, a leading provider of allied healthcare, is excited to announce a new partnership with Midwest Transplant Network (MTN) to enhance the field of organ donation and transplantation through the use of Normothermic Regional Perfusion (NRP). This collaboration aims to improve the viability of donor organs and increase the
Itโs not a shock that surgery on the heart and pericardium logs the highest rate of adverse events (556.7 events out of every 1,000, according to Patient Safety in Surgery study of over 80,000 surgical hospitalizations) โ but what may be most surprising is that majority of the top factors influencing patient safety are not
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Perfusion is a growing industry, with the market currently valued at $5 billion and expected to grow to over $11 billion by 2032, according to Fortune Business Insights. This is attributed not only to the increase in cardiac conditions and aging populations, but also to the rise in organ transplants and organ salvage techniques, like
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The use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) therapy has increased in recent years, after the COVID pandemic, as hospitals and clinicians have realized its growing value as a life-saving therapy with multiple new and emerging use cases. As testament to this growth, according to Future Market Insights the global ECMO machine market is currently valued
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Normothermic Regional Perfusion (NRP) is becoming a more utilized form of preserving organs for donation, and it has the potential to increase the number of successful transplants โ especially heart transplants โ in the coming years. An increasing number of studies are showing its effects and capabilities in the realms of heart, kidney, liver, pancreas, and lung
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