A heart-lung pump is not the same as a ventilator. A ventilator moves air in and out of the lungs when a person cannot get enough oxygen on their own—it does not pump or directly oxygenate blood.

SAN FRANCISCO — One of the scariest parts of bypass surgery — having your heart stopped and going on a heart-lung machine while doctors fix your clogged arteries — is ...

Seventy years ago this month, Philadelphia researcher and surgeon Dr. John Gibbon used his invention of the heart-lung machine to perform the world’s first successful open-heart surgery on an ...

A portable heart-lung machine gave a Connecticut man time after a heart attack, but so did prompt CPR. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 80°F. Friday, June 20th 2025 ...