Artificial heart tested in humans
Body is made of synthetic materials and biological tissues and should operate without interruption for five years.
Cardiovascular surgeon Alain Carpentier (Alain Carpentier) is known as the creator of the most sought after heart valve. The result of his 15-year career was the artificial heart, created in conjunction with engineers at Astrium, a manufacturer of satellites.
Artificial organ consists of 900 items. He has two divisions, separated by a partition from animal tissues. In the body embedded sensors that determine what kind of load at the moment a person experiences. This information is transmitted to a miniature computer, which, in turn, instructs the pump to pump blood faster or slower depending on the circumstances. Thus regulating blood pressure and blood oxygen level of the patient, depending on his level of activity.
A separate task was to create a heart that because it used synthetic materials would not provoke the formation of blood clots, as has happened with other artificial products. Professor Carpentier has solved this problem by putting the heart into the pericardium (heart bag) animal. This will avoid the artificial organ rejection and immune system.
Engineer In Dang Quoc, (Dung Vo-Quoc), to develop electronic components of the artificial heart: "If a satellite stops working during the final penalty of the World Cup, it's frustrating. But if the heart is not beating five seconds, it is deadly. We have made every effort to be sure - every component of the machine will operate as necessary throughout the life of the device. "
Artificial heart is designed to help people who need a transplant.
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