UK Patient Receives First Successful Double-Lung Transplant Using Novel Machine nextdigitalhealth.com

A 49-year-old man in the United Kingdom has become the first patient to successfully receive a double-lung transplant using a machine nicknamed “lungs in a box.”

The record-breaking transplant, which relied on a new-generation lung transplant machine (XPSTM), was conducted by doctors at Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Cambridge, UK.