Artificial electronic heart on batteries produced by the French company Carmat, the price will be approximately 180,000 euros! The heart weighs 900 grams (3 times more than the actual weight of the human heart), and is independently incorporated in the chest of patients. It is equipped with with sensors that instead of pump mimic the natural contractions.

If this venture proves successful, it will certainly cause a turning point in cardio surgery. This artificial heart would allow normal life to heart patients who are not eligible for surgery or do not react to other therapies and medicines. Heart is designed for patients suffering from chronic heart failure or acute failure which follow after the infarct, those who suffer from coronary heart disease and arterial hypertension.

As the only drawback of this invention is mentioned complicated electronics using which is difficult to broadcast work of the heart pump.

 

 

 

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