Artificial heart recipient able to return home
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.028575
New York Times : An artificial heart manufactured by French company Carmat has been successfully implanted in a second human patient. Created by French surgeon Alain Carpentier, the device was first used in 2013 when it was implanted in a terminally ill 76-year-old man, who survived for 74 days. The second patient, a 68-year-old man, underwent surgery in August 2014 and is now doing so well that he has been released from the hospital and sent home. The device is made from both synthetic materials and animal tissues and requires an external battery pack. Because there are so many more people needing heart transplants than there are available organs, the artificial heart could extend the lives of those who are diagnosed with heart failure and have no other options.
