Heart–lung machine
device · 1953 · Digital age
Takes over the heart and lungs during surgery (Gibbon; Bryukhonenko).
What it is made of
- Centrifugal pump — has part. A pump-oxygenator.
Principles and materials it uses
- Oxygen — uses. Oxygenating the blood.
History: what it evolved from and what it influenced
- Artificial heart — evolved into. Experience with cardiopulmonary bypass.