Sergei S. Bryukhonenko

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Sergei S. Bryukhonenko (Russian: Сергей Сергеевич Брюхоненко, 1890–1960) was a Soviet scientist during the Stalinist era. Bryukhonenko's research was vital to the development of open-heart procedures in Russia. He was one of the leaders of the Research Institute of Experimental Surgery, where Professor A. A. Vishnevsky performed the first Soviet open-heart operation in 1957.

Bryukhonenko is primarily remembered for his development of the autojektor, a primitive heart and lung machine. The device was used with mixed results in a series of experiments with canines during the late 1930's, which can be seen in the film Experiments in the Revival of Organisms. While some today speculate that the film is a re-staging of the procedures, the experiments themselves were well documented, and resulted in Bryukhonenko being posthumously awarded the prestigious Lenin Prize.

[edit] See also

• Experiments in the Revival of Organisms

[edit] External links

• Bryukhonenko excerpt from "The Golden Book of Russia. The Year 2000"
• Experiments in the Revival of Organisms at the Internet Archive (Public domain)
• (German) Information and patents related to the autojektor