POWDER FORMULATIONS AND USE THEREOF IN MEDICAL AND/OR SURGICAL PROCEDURES

A powder formulation for preserving tissue and organ function, and more particularly to shelf stable powder formulations that can be reconstituted at point of use, including during a fat grafting process, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and peripheral bypass surgery, or other grafting/transplant surgery prior to or during the medical procedure to preserve the tissues/organs used in these procedures. The powder formulation includes a reducing agent; an antioxidant; a sugar; a nitric oxide substrate; a buffering agent; and physically acceptable salt. Also provided are a method of preparing an organ or tissue preservation solution by reconstituting the powder formulation, and a method of preserving tissue or an organ using same.