Artificial heart design by Queenslanders a world first


	Artificial heart design by Queenslanders a world first

tabsey

6-21-2009 7:24 AM

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Most existing artificial hearts or supportive pump devices are external, and usually pump through just one side of the heart.
That places extreme limits on patient mobility and can reveal problems on the other side of a diseased heart.
The Bivacor allows patients to move around and reduces the risk of infection, by being secured inside the body and without external tubes

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