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Researchers Printed Artificial Heart on 3D Printer

A team of researchers from ETH Zurich created a soft silicon heart with the pumping mechanism.

Researchers Printed Artificial Heart on 3D Printer

Fri, 14 Jul, 2017 - 01:00

The technology of 3D-printing has allowed the invention of a complex structure with the weight of only 390 grams.

It consists of left and right ventricles that separated by the special chamber which acts as the muscle.

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