Sergei S. Bryukhonenko

Sergei S. Bryukhonenko ( _ru. 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.

ee also

* Experiments in the Revival of Organisms

External links

* [http://analytics.ex.ru/cgi-bin/txtnscr.pl?node=578&txt=460&lang=2&sh=1 Bryukhonenko excerpt from "The Golden Book of Russia. The Year 2000"]
* [http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.php?collection=prelinger&collectionid=19635 Experiments in the Revival of Organisms at the Internet Archive] (Public domain)
* [http://www.dgfkt.de/artikel/203/Pionier.htm Information and patents related to the autojektor]