- ETH Zurich Researchers have developed the first Soft Artificial Heart made of Silicone in 2017. This Prototype of Artificial Heart is being analysed in terms of maximum stresses and strain that the silicone membrane can withstand with two simplification models.
- Yann Blake, Stresses and Strain of a Soft Artificial Silicone Heart, April 2020, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.19790.20800, Project Poster, ResearchGate, Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340377626_Stresses_and_Strain_of_a_Soft_Artificial_Silicone_Heart
