Sergei S. Brukhonenko: the development of the first heart-lung machine for total body perfusion Igor E Konstantinov, MD, Vladimir V Alexi-Meskishvili, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 69, Issue 3, Pages 962-966 (March 2000) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01091-2
Fig 1 Sergei Sergeevich Brukhonenko (1890–1960). Courtesy of Lutfia Arifulova, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 962-966DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01091-2)
Fig 2 Sergei Brukhonenko sitting on the self-constructed bicycle with his family. Courtesy of Lutfia Arifulova, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 962-966DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01091-2)
Fig 3 Bruchonenko’s autojector with donor lungs for blood oxygenation. Reprinted from reference 17. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 962-966DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01091-2)
Fig 4 Brukhonenko’s bubble oxygenator: 1, balance; 2, holding stent; 3, glass vessel; 4, electrodes placed in acid for heating with electric current; 5 and 6, thermoregulator system; 7, inner glass vessel; 8 and 9, rubber corks; 10, rubber tube; 11 and 12, occlusion system; 13, oxygenated blood outlet to the body; 25, venous blood inlet; 34, glass vessel filled with water only; 35, glass vessel filled with water and alcohol; 36, thermostat; 37, oxygen inlet. Reprinted from Brukhonenko SS. Device for oxygenation of the blood. USSR Patent No. 61321 issued on May 31, 1942. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 962-966DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01091-2)
Fig 5 Brukhonenko and associates conducting experiments with the heart-lung machine in 1954. Courtesy of Lutfia Arifulova, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 962-966DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01091-2)
Fig 6 Brukhonenko with his heart-lung machine in 1954. Courtesy of Lutfia Arifulova, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 962-966DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01091-2)