A fully mechanical heart made by Vivacor, which uses the same technology as high-speed trains, has been implanted inside a human body for the first time, a major step towards …
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Heart Transplantation
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Heart Transplantation
Surgeons implant first magnetically levitated titanium heart in human patient
by Anthony Woodby Anthony WoodSurgeons have successfully implanted a titanium artificial heart, powered by the same “magnetic levitation” technology used to make high-speed trains, into a patient's chest. Its developers hope that the device …
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A 58-year-old American man has become the first person in the world to have his failing heart replaced with a temporary titanium blood pump. This metal organ appears to have …
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