Present and future of the artificial heart driving system.
The totally artificial heart (TAH) is now in development in two trends. First, there is the development of a bridge system for temporary support of cardiac function. The TAH with the extracorporeal pneumatic driving system Sinus-IS is more efficient and safer. Parallel with this, a portable pneumatic driving system has been developed. That can be considered a stage in the development of the second trend: a totally implantable TAH. This article reviews problems of building of the Micron energy system to be used in implantable TAH designs.
Shumakov
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Institute of Transplantology and Artificial Organs, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
Itkin
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Sumin
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Mordashov
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Kiselev
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Zimin
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Drobyshev
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