Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Artificial Heart-Lung--This artificial heart-lung, simple enough to be built in any laboratory, has been developed by scientists at Fels Institute here. Made of glass, the instrument has no moving parts. Valves control alternating pressure and suction duplicating the heart's "pumping." Among its uses is an emergency means of by-passing the heart and lungs while surgeons repair those delicate organs.
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
Artificial Heart-Lung--This artificial heart-lung, simple enough to be built in any laboratory, has been developed by scientists at Fels Institute here. Made of glass, the instrument has no moving parts. Valves control alternating pressure and suction duplicating the heart's "pumping." Among its uses is an emergency means of by-passing the heart and lungs while surgeons repair those delicate organs.
Associated Press · [ca. December 1950]
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