SynCardia公司制造的人工心脏延长等待心脏移植患者的生命

 
一种临时心脏能够帮助正在等待心脏供体的患者，这些患者往往面临着死亡的威胁。

CardioWest临时完全人工心脏(TAH-t)为那些左右两侧心室不可逆衰竭的患者，提供循环功能恢复，使他们能够等到移植的时刻。TAH-t设计用于填补切除病变心室的空间，适合大多数成年人和绝大多数较大的青少年。该系统使用部分灌注和完全射血机制；当患者活动的时候，他们的肌肉和血管收缩导致更多的血液灌注入心室，然后随着每一次人工心脏的跳动而完全射血。该设备还能够将大量血液(最大9.5升/分钟)安全的泵入整个机体，同时将与非人体表面接触降至最低。

TAH-t是由SynCardia公司(Tucson, AZ, USA)生产制造的。

Artificial Hearts Prolong Transplant Candidates Lives
 
A temporary artificial heart helps patients who are waiting for a donor human heart and who are at imminent risk of death.

The CardioWest temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t) provides circulatory restoration in morbidly ill patients with irreversible biventricular failure, bridging them to transplantation. The TAH-t is designed to fit in the space of the removed diseased ventricles, and fits in a majority of adults and some larger adolescents. The system utilizes a partial fill and full eject mechanism; as patients exercise, their muscles and blood vessels contract causing more blood to fill the ventricles which is then fully ejected with each artificial heart beat. The device is able to pump high volumes of blood (up to 9.5 l/min) safely through the body while minimizing contact with non-human surfaces.

TAH-t is manufactured by SynCardia (Tucson, AZ, USA).