Leeds University researchers have developed a contractile mesh that can act like “artificial myocardium.” The material will be wrapped around the heart and a device will control its contractions.
“It’s a really simple concept that works in the same way as when you squeeze a plastic bottle, forcing the liquid inside to rise,” says PhD student David Keeling who has built a special rig to test the device.
It’s an interesting concept. We’ll have to see how well it performs in vivo though. What if it squeezes too tightly? What if it gets locked in a contracted state? Surely that will lead to some form of constrictive pathology?
[via Medgadget]
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