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Australian man survives 100 days with artificial heart in world-first success (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 14 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Not to belittle this accomplishment, but how is this a "World's First" success?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_heart

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Because I read the article I actually know the answer! It's the first time this technology has been used in a human, and it's been a huge success so far. Quote from the article

    The BiVACOR total artificial heart, invented by Queensland-born Dr Daniel Timms, is the world’s first implantable rotary blood pump that can act as a complete replacement for a human heart, using magnetic levitation technology to replicate the natural blood flow of a healthy heart.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    It would be nice if the article said if the artificial heart includes functions such as pumping harder in response to exercise and such, because it isn't entirely clear if it does

    Maybe it's implied, but I feel it should be explicitly mentioned

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Other prosthetic/mechanical changes to hearts don't do that, so I would guess this one doesn't either. It would require interfacing with the brain and decoding stimulus, which would be much more complex.

    Usually the recipents just keep activity low or pass out when they need the energy/heat dissipation and can't get it.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yes exactly, so when they call it a "total heart replacement" I'd like to have clarification on it, so that I know how excited I should get

    It's frustrating when articles on new innovations don't go into details about them at all except just "it exists" pretty much

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