Unique silicone rubber membranes are the life-sustaining elements of a device that will perform the blood-oxygenating function of the human lungs during open - heart surgery or the treatment of some cardiac and pulmonary diseases. Dr. E. Converse Peirce (left) of Emory University, and Angelo Dounoucos of General Electric, inspect the fine structure of membrane "envelope."

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Unique silicone rubber membranes are the life-sustaining elements of a device that will perform the blood-oxygenating function of the human lungs during open - heart surgery or the treatment of some cardiac and pulmonary diseases. Dr. E. Converse Peirce (left) of Emory University, and Angelo Dounoucos of General Electric, inspect the fine structure of membrane "envelope."

[ca. December 1968]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Lungs

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