The research and development on extracorporeal and assisted circulation in China have been painstaking. On one hand, China has the largest population of 1.3 [corrected] billion in the world, and the demands for supporting equipment are huge. On the other hand, as a developing country, China is not wealthy. It is urgent to design and fabricate affordable circulatory support parts, machines, and artificial hearts for Chinese market. In this regard, we have made our own heart-lung machine, mechanical and tissue valves, oxygenators, and artificial hearts and their improved versions. The cost of these parts is much lower as compared with those in the Western market. Although the results of clinical application are good so far, the quality of these lifesaving parts needs to be continuously improved.
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