A 3-D Printed Artificial Heart in the International News
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A 3-D printed artificial heart, developed in the group of Prof. Stark (D-CHAB) and tested in collaboration with the group of Prof. Meboldt (D-MAVT), has attracted international attention in various media.
On 13 July 2017 ETH Zurich reported on the 3-D printed artificial heart, which was developed by Nicholas Cohrs from the group of Prof. Wendelin J. Stark. The news article has already aroused the interest of various international media shortly after the publication, for example by external page CNN News.
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Reference
Cohrs NC, Petrou A, Loepfe M, Yliruka M, Schumacher CM, Kohll AX, Starck CT, Schmid Daners M, Meboldt M, Falk V, Stark WJ. external page A soft Total Artificial Heart – First Concept Evaluation on a Hybrid Mock Circulation Artificial Organs, 2017.