title: Present and future of the artificial heart driving system.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Transplantology and Artificial Organs, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Shumakov
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Itkin
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Sumin
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Mordashov
authors.forename: U M
authors.initials: UM
authors.lastname: Kiselev
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Zimin
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Drobyshev
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004867:Equipment Design; D006354:Heart, Artificial; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design