After the patient is anesthetized and opened up, and a heart-lung machine is hooked up, the heart is removed and the artificial heart emplaced. Computers and monitors are used to regulate and oversee the changes of the artificial heart.
病人麻醉開胸後，接上人工心肺機做體外循環，再取下人心，植入人工心臟，以電腦程式控制其氣動系統，並由監視器調整及監視人工心臟的各種變化。