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Bridge to Life's liver perfusion system reaches Canada as FDA fast-tracks intestinal use

Leading the company's North American commercial rollout

A donated liver starts dying the moment it stops receiving blood. On November 3, Health Canada licensed Bridge to Life's VitaSmart system, a machine that pumps cold, oxygenated fluid through a donor liver before transplant, making it available to Canadian transplant centers. The same announcement said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Breakthrough Device Designation for the system's investigational use in donor intestines.

Updated Nov 3

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Securing our Canadian market authorization alongside FDA Breakthrough Device Designation continues to accelerate momentum in our global commercial trajectory.

from Bridge to Life's liver perfusion system reaches Canada as FDA fast-tracks intestinal use · Updated Nov 3

VitaSmart is engineered to be portable, operationally versatile, and seamless to embed into standard clinical workflows.

from Bridge to Life's liver perfusion system reaches Canada as FDA fast-tracks intestinal use · Updated Nov 3