This artificial heart is made from silicone

[Image from ETH Zurich]

Researchers have developed an artificial heart made of silicone that beats almost like a human heart, according to new research from Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH).

The ETH researchers set out to develop a heart that looks like the real time and functions like one too. It was designed by Nicholas Cohrs, a doctoral student in the group, and was led by Wendelin Stark, professor of functional materials engineering at ETH Zurich

Currently, blood pumps are likely to have complications, according to the researchers. The new model tries to eliminate complications that arise from mechanical parts in other blood pumps.

“Our goal is to develop an artificial heart that is roughly the same size as the patient’s own one and which imitates the human heart as closely as possible in form and function,” said Cohrs in a press release.

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