1. A heart prosthesis intended to be implanted in a patient to replace the pumping activity of a heart comprising at least
two compartments, substantially surrounded by a house with a rigid wall and containing a number of drawing and/or pressing
devices, which are partly fixedly attached to said rigid-wall provided house and partly fixedly attached to a flexible, elastic
wall layer arranged in a respective compartment, whereby the drawing and/or pressing devices are arranged to draw said elastic
wall layer towards said rigid-wall provided house for filling said compartments, the prosthesis also comprising two halves,
comprising an atrium, and ventricles, respectively, separated by a plate with at least one valve, which plate is arranged
to be able to be moved between the ventricles and atriums by means of drawing and/or pressing devices arranged in said rigid
wall provided house.
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