This figure shows the cardiac valves and an outline of the ventricles, membranes and cardiac valves. The three sensors are located in each ventricle chamber and in the outlet to the aorta. Ill.: Carmat.

Artificial heart with Norwegian sensor



Made in Norway

The Norwegian company MEMSCAP is supplying the pressure sensor that will be used in the artificial heart, and SINTEF is responsible for its ‘innards’.



  • EADS is putting money on the table and equipping Carmat to work on the heart project.

From space to human hearts

“Reliability is key here”, says Jan Hallenstvedt at MEMSCAP. “In environments such as planes and the human heart, you want to know that the sensor will be up to scratch and will not fail”. The MEMSCAP sensors have gained an excellent reputation internationally as extremely stable and reliable, and it was a major boost to their marketing when NASA decided to use the Norwegian sensor installed in the rover on its Curiosity spacecraft, which landed on Mars in 2012.

