Scientists Develop Robotic Sleeve to Pump Blood in Weak Heart
Researchers from Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital have developed a customizable soft robotic sleeve to encase a diseased heart and help it beat. The newly developed device is designed
to help people who are experiencing heart failure. The soft, cup-shaped robotic device fits around the heart like a sleeve to give it gentle squeezes to help pump blood in patients with weakened hearts.
The researchers have programmed the robotic sleeve to move in the same pattern as the weakened heart muscle to which it surrounds. It will work towards strengthening and optimizing each heartbeat.
iv. However the device will never come in contact with the blood thus reducing the number of complications it might pose. It is made of elastic silicone that mimics the flexibility of natural heart muscle.
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