A heart-lung machine is an apparatus that does the work both of the heart (i.e., pumps blood) and the lungs (i.e., oxygenates the blood) during, for example, open-heart surgery. The basic function of the machine is to oxygenate the body's venous supply of blood and then to pump it back into the arterial system. Blood returning to the heart is diverted through the machine before returning it to the arterial circulation. Some of the more important components of these machines include pumps, oxygenators, temperature regulators, and filters. The heart-lung machine also provides intracardiac suction, filtration, and temperature control.
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