Long-term circulatory and respiratory support using two artificial ventricles and a fluorocarbon oxygenator.

Using a new heart-lung machine developed at our Institute, experiments were conducted on dogs, donkeys, and monkeys, providing complete and assisted artificial circulation, assisted oxygenation, and perfusion preservation of the heart. The new apparatus consists of two sequentially mounted artificial ventricles working in an antiphase mode; blood oxygenation is accomplished by a reusable oxygenator with a fluorocarbon preoxygenator. Experimental results indicate that clinical use of the apparatus is promising and deserves consideration. The conditions of perfusion were close to physiological conditions and provided long-term survival of the animals. Performance in left ventricular bypass was optimized by monitoring myocardial PO2 and the state of the quick-connect/cut-off assemblies.

[Control system for the Sinus artificial heart]. / Sistema upravleniia iskusstvennym serdtsem "Sinus".

The control system, type "Sinus", for an artificial heart is proposed. The use of servomechanisms in this system allows one to obtain pressure pneumopulses of any required form. The form of pneumopulses can be determined either by an external source, e. g. and analog computer, or by a built-in generator forming an electric control signal having one of three possible forms. The structural diagram of the type "Sinus" system and its brief technical specifications are given.