Current Affairs: World's first artificial heart transplant performed in France
>> For the first time, an artificial heart that may give patients up to five years of extra life has been successfully implanted in a 75-year-old French man.
>> The artificial heart, designed by French biomedical firm Carmat, is powered by Lithium-ion batteries that can be worn externally.
>> The heart that was put into the patient at Georges Pompidou Hospital in Paris uses a range of "bio-materials", including bovine tissue, to reduce the likelihood of the body rejecting it.
>> This device is intended to replace a real heart for as many as five years, unlike previous artificial hearts that were created mainly for temporary use.
>> Doctors said the patient who received the device developed by Dutch-based European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) was awake and responding well after the operation.
>> The heart weighs as little as less than a kilogramme ? almost three times as much as an average healthy human heart.
>> The device mimics heart muscle contractions and contains sensors that adapt the blood flow to the patient's moves, the report said.
>> The heart surfaces that come into contact with human blood are made partly from bovine tissue instead of synthetic materials such as plastic, which can cause blood clots.
>> The artificial heart, designed by French biomedical firm Carmat, is powered by Lithium-ion batteries that can be worn externally.
>> The heart that was put into the patient at Georges Pompidou Hospital in Paris uses a range of "bio-materials", including bovine tissue, to reduce the likelihood of the body rejecting it.
>> This device is intended to replace a real heart for as many as five years, unlike previous artificial hearts that were created mainly for temporary use.
>> Doctors said the patient who received the device developed by Dutch-based European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) was awake and responding well after the operation.
>> The device mimics heart muscle contractions and contains sensors that adapt the blood flow to the patient's moves, the report said.
>> The heart surfaces that come into contact with human blood are made partly from bovine tissue instead of synthetic materials such as plastic, which can cause blood clots.
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December 2013,
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