Researchers at Cornell University, USA, have developed an artificial heart, made 3D printer. It is made of a soft, flexible material (can expand or contract three times its volume at rest), as foam consistency and malleable enough to mimic human organs formats.
This new type of polymer is composed of interconnected pores which allow pumping blood to other parts of the body using less power and more elasticity than artificial hearts been developed.
"In this study, we have seen the effect of the pores in the body, but would like to make the mechanism be tougher in order to pump harder. Now we are focusing on biocompatibility (eliminate the rejection of the body by the material)," explains Rob Shepherd, assistant professor mechanical and aerospace engineering at Cornell.
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