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According to ScubaTx Mechanical Engineer Alex Cleaver, Sr., “ScubaTx is an organ preservation device; the key technology is persufflation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002Fvisualizeexploded.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70326\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002Fvisualizeexploded.png.webp 800w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002Fvisualizeexploded-300x162.png.webp 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002Fvisualizeexploded-768x416.png.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Persufflation delivers oxygenated gas through chilled organs during preservation. “We can cool organs down for transport and provide oxygen to those organs by persefflating gas through them,” adds Cleaver. The goal is to help organs remain viable longer so they can travel farther.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“With an organ transplant, many organs are available that can’t be used because they can’t reach a recipient in time,” explains ScubaTx Technical Director Martin Emms. “The ScubaTx product keeps that organ at a much ‘happier’ temperature. That organ can actually travel for longer, so it gives more people a chance of having an organ [transplant].”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002Fthepersufferlator.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70327\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002Fthepersufferlator.png.webp 800w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002Fthepersufferlator-300x150.png.webp 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002Fthepersufferlator-768x383.png.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"support-for-modern-product-development-0\">Support for Modern Product Development\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The ScubaTx team needed access to capable design tools without losing control of cash flow or delaying development. “The SOLIDWORKS® Startup Program was absolutely critical to us because, as a startup, cash flow and funding are always something that we’re cognizant of,” Cleaver emphasizes. “Having a really powerful piece of [product development] software is absolutely critical.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>ScubaTx used \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.solidworks.com\u002F\">SOLIDWORKS Design\u003C\u002Fa> as part of a broader workflow for designing, developing, reviewing, and preparing files for manufacture. Emms notes, “As technical director, I’m interested in the [design] review and release process.” The \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.solidworks.com\u002Fproduct\u002F3dexperience-platform\">\u003Cstrong>3D\u003C\u002Fstrong>EXPERIENCE® platform\u003C\u002Fa> provided a cloud-based environment with built-in data management and collaboration tools. ScubaTx established a structured review-and-release workflow to make sure every design is checked before it goes to manufacturing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002F2guyscollabswx3dxbackground.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70323\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002F2guyscollabswx3dxbackground.png.webp 800w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002F2guyscollabswx3dxbackground-300x166.png.webp 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002F2guyscollabswx3dxbackground-768x424.png.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For collaboration, ScubaTx leveraged the \u003Cstrong>3D\u003C\u002Fstrong>EXPERIENCE platform to share design data without relying on its own infrastructure. “\u003Cstrong>3D\u003C\u002Fstrong>EXPERIENCE for us is absolutely critical for sharing files with our suppliers,” Cleaver enthuses. “The cloud-based system is really a robust way of storing the data and avoids us having to manage our own infrastructure.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002F3dxswx.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70325\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002F3dxswx.png.webp 800w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002F3dxswx-300x166.png.webp 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002F3dxswx-768x424.png.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"building-confidence-before-prototypes-1\">Building Confidence Before Prototypes\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Because thermal performance is critical, simulation became part of the ScubaTx development process. “Thermal simulations have allowed us to quickly prototype ideas without spending lots of money on building a physical prototype,” Emms explains. Cleaver adds, “We have more confidence when we produce a prototype with Flow Simulation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>ScubaTx also used SOLIDWORKS Visualize to support communication. For a pre-commercial medical device company, demonstrating progress is part of building understanding around a device that is still being developed. “SOLIDWORKS Visualize has been important for us to produce product renders,” Cleaver notes. “As a startup, we need to show our development progress and communicate that message to the market.” SOLIDWORKS Visualize helps build credibility before a finished physical prototype is available.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002F1guywsimscreenshot.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70324\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002F1guywsimscreenshot.png.webp 800w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002F1guywsimscreenshot-300x168.png.webp 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002F1guywsimscreenshot-768x429.png.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"engineering-toward-transplant-reality-2\">Engineering Toward Transplant Reality\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>ScubaTx is trying to expand a complex preservation concept toward practical use. For a company working in organ preservation, that discipline supports a larger objective: designing for the realities of transplant logistics rather than ideal conditions. “It feels fantastic to be creating a product that could eventually save lives and give more people a chance to get a transplant,” Emms enthuses. “It allows us to essentially do something that makes you glad to get up in the morning to see if you can make a difference.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>If you would like more information about \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.solidworks.com\u002F\">SOLIDWORKS\u003C\u002Fa> or the SOLIDWORKS for Startups Program, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.solidworks.com\u002Fsw\u002Fpurchase\u002Fvarlocator.htm\">contact your local reseller\u003C\u002Fa>. To see the ScubaTx case study video, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=S6Zs6fNySuE\">click here\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>You can read the full customer story here: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.solidworks.com\u002Fcustomer-story\u002Fscubatx-designs-realities-organ-preservation\u002F\">https:\u002F\u002Fwww.solidworks.com\u002Fcustomer-story\u002Fscubatx-designs-realities-organ-preservation\u002F\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002F3guyscollabswx3dxbackground.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70328\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002F3guyscollabswx3dxbackground.png.webp 800w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002F3guyscollabswx3dxbackground-300x166.png.webp 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002F3guyscollabswx3dxbackground-768x424.png.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n","2026-07-07T08:00:00","",{"node":32,"__typename":40},{"nicename":33,"description":34,"slug":33,"name":35,"firstName":35,"lastName":30,"avatar":36,"__typename":39},"solidworks","Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. offers complete 3D software tools that let you create, simulate, publish, and manage your data. 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