A heart-lung machine is a device that temporarily takes over the function of the heart and lungs during surgery, pumping and oxygenating a patient's blood so that surgeons can operate on a stopped heart. American surgeon John Gibbon developed the machine over more than two decades of research and used it successfully in 1953 to repair a hole in a patient's heart, the first successful open-heart operation performed using cardiopulmonary bypass. The heart-lung machine made modern open-heart surgery possible and remains a standard piece of equipment in cardiac operating rooms.
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Significancetemporarily takes over the function of the heart and lungs during open-heart surgery by maintaining the circulation of blood and oxygen throughout the body 1 Connections
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that temporarily takes over the function of the heart and lungs during open-heart surgery by maintaining the circulation of blood and oxygen throughout the body
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Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) or heart-lung machine, also called the pump or CPB pump, is a machine, operated by a cardiac perfusionist, that temporarily takes over the function of the heart and lungs during open-heart surgery by maintaining the circulation of blood and oxygen throughout the body.
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