摘要 |
An artificial heart has a number of flat structural members arranged circumferentially about a central support. An inner layer of material confines blood to chambers of the artificial heart and an outer layer of material, which fully encloses the flat structural members, defines cavities between the inner layer of material and the outer layer. Fluid is pumped into the cavities for expanding the structural members to cause heart pumping action in response to measured values of preselected blood chemistry parameters. The structural members contact to their original positions to complete the pumping action. |