Pneumatic Driver Research Articles

Pneumatic driver for diamond anvil cells

Use of Bassett-style diamond anvil cells in a remote environment is inconvenient since they must be accessed for each change in pressure. A simple pneumatic driver, however, has been designed and built which permits remote operation.

A simplified pneumatic driver for single-chambered blood pumps.

The paper describes an extra-corporeal, electrically (115-V line) driven, reciprocating air pump for driving a single-chambered artificial heart. A simulated cardiac output of 20 1/min is possible, at a pulse rate of 180/min. The unit weighs 29 1b and measures 10 1/4×11 1/2×5 1/2 in3.