MIT Bionic ‘Heart’ Made of Heart Tissue and a Robotic Pumping System Beats Like the Real Thing

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A close-up of a synthetic matrix of soft robotic actuators that can be wrapped around a heart ventricle and inflated to squeeze and twist the heart in the same way a real heart pumps blood. Credit: Ellen Roche, et. al
https://scitechdaily.com/mit-bionic-heart-made-of-heart-tissue-and-a-robotic-pumping-system-beats-like-the-real-thing/

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