C.S. Draper Lab’s Artificial Lung
November 15, 2016 | Terry Sharrer
Since 1953, when Dr. John Gibbon invented the first heart-lung machine, open heart surgeries of all kinds (from repairing holes to transplants) have been possible, but not without some significant collateral risks. Taking on this problem, engineers at C. S. Draper Laboratories (Reston, VA) have designed a microfluidics device that mimics the anti-thrombotic surface of human capillaries. Gently, it carries out the oxygen-C02 exchange, though this is an early stage device—perhaps two or three years from clinical testing. MORE
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