Scientists are developing a robotic sleeve that can encase a flabby diseased heart and gently squeeze to keep it pumping. So far it's been tested only in animals, improving blood flow in pigs. But ...

About 5.7 million Americans have heart failure, meaning their hearts don't pump blood as well as they should. A squishy, air-powered robot might be able to help.

WASHINGTON -- Scientists are developing a robotic sleeve that can encase a flabby diseased heart and gently squeeze to keep it pumping. So far it’s been tested only in animals, improving blood ...

And like a healthy heart, the robot sleeve’s double squeeze gets blood moving. Roche’s team, which did the work while she was at Harvard University, triggered heart failure in six pigs and ...

This image, from a video, shows a robotic sleeve designed to encase a diseased heart and gently squeeze to help it pump blood. Researchers at Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital ...

Scientists are developing a robotic sleeve that can encase a flabby diseased heart and gently squeeze to keep it pumping.So far it's been tested only in animals, improving blood flow in pigs. But ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists are developing a robotic sleeve that can encase a flabby diseased heart and gently squeeze to keep it pumping.