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. 2006 Dec 5;26(9):443–445. doi: 10.1002/clc.4960260914

The heart‐lung machine was invented twice—the first time by Max von Frey

J Willis Hurst ¹, W Bruce Fye ¹, Heinz‐Gerd Zimmer ^1,^✉

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