title: [Artificial muscle and its prospect in application for direct cardiac compression assist].
abstract: Artificial heart is an effective device in solving insufficient native heart supply for heart transplant, and the research and application of novel actuators play an important role in the development of artificial heart. In this paper, artificial muscle is introduced as the actuators of direct cardiac compression assist, and some of its parameters are compared with those of native heart muscle. The open problems are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China. joyjing@sjtu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zhejun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Guozheng
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yan
mesh_terms: D001187:Artificial Organs; D001243:Assisted Circulation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D004867:Equipment Design; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D009132:Muscles
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials