Our institution has already performed extensive research and has gained international reputation as a training centre on minimal extracorporeal circulation. Design of such a circuit could promote further research funded by the medical industry. Considering the number of cardiac surgical procedures performed every day worldwide, this evolution is greatly ambitious and could be characterized as a major breakthrough in the field of cardiac surgery opening up new horizons in the field of cardiovascular research. It would also exert a positive effect on global healthcare affecting lives of millions of people suffering from cardiovascular disease.