Turk Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 A 75-year-old Frenchman was feeding himself and chatting to his family more than a week after becoming the first person to be fitted with an artificial heart, one of his surgeons said.The artificial heart designed by Carmat is designed to replace the real heart over the long run.Supplied: Carma "He is awake, feeding himself and talking with his family. We are thinking of getting him up on his feet soon, probably as early as this weekend," Professor Daniel Duveau, who saw the patient on Thursday, told French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD).A more detailed account of the patient's health would be made public on Monday, the paper wrote.Heart-assistance devices have been used for decades as a temporary solution for patients awaiting transplants, but the bioprosthetic product made by French biomedical company Carmat is designed to replace the real heart over the long run, mimicking nature using biological materials and sensors.It aims to extend life for patients suffering from terminal heart failure who cannot hope for a heart transplant, often because they are too old and donors too scarce.The artificial heart, which can beat for up to five years, has been successfully tested on animals but the December 18 implant in a Paris hospital was the first in a human patient.Three more patients in France are due to be fitted with the device. The next operation is scheduled for the first weeks of January, the newspaper reported.In this first range of clinical trials, the success of the device will be judged on whether patients survive with the implant for at least a month.The patients selected suffer from terminal heart failure - when the sick heart can no longer pump enough blood to sustain the body - and would otherwise have only a few days or weeks to live.Artificial hearts thus fuel huge hope amongst patients, their families, and investors.Shares in Carmat have risen more than five-fold since floating on the Paris exchange in 2010.Professor Duveau told the JDD that Carmat's first patient was very confident with his new prosthetic heart."When his wife and his daughter leave him, he tells them: 'See you tomorrow!' All he wants is to enjoy life. He can't wait to get out of the intensive care unit, out of his room, and out of uncertainty."http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-30/patient-doing-well-with-french-company27s-artificial-heart---r/5178640 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 (edited) well no this not the first time an artificial heart was transplanted...but this is the first time it was meant to actually be permanentfrom wikipedia..........An artificial heart is a device that replaces the heart. Artificial hearts are typically used to bridge the time to heart transplantation, or to permanently replace the heart in case heart transplantation is impossible. Although other similar inventions preceded it going back to the late 1940s, the first artificial heart to be successfully implanted in a human was the Jarvik-7, designed by Robert Jarvik and implemented in 1982. Edited December 30, 2013 by dMog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catoja Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 well no this not the first time an artificial heart was transplanted...but this is the first time it was meant to actually be permanentfrom wikipedia..........An artificial heart is a device that replaces the heart. Artificial hearts are typically used to bridge the time to heart transplantation, or to permanently replace the heart in case heart transplantation is impossible. Although other similar inventions preceded it going back to the late 1940s, the first artificial heart to be successfully implanted in a human was the Jarvik-7, designed by Robert Jarvik and implemented in 1982.Okay that was the first a-heart transplant but for a small amount of time,just like the article said, nowadays they only used temporary a-heart transplants, for people that are waiting for another hearth.This was the first time that a a-heart as been used for a long time purpose (5 years). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janedoe Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 The first Jarvik-7 patient survived for 112 days, and the second for 620 days. I'm sure the survival rates for the successor device i.e. the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart improved over the next more than 3 decades. Only problem was the shopping-cart sized power source, which now has been reduced to 13.5 pounds from 418 pounds. This new Carmat heart has a Li-Ion battery (weight not known), and hopefully lasts for 5 years but it's way too early to say so. Anyway, we're still a long way away from a truly permanent fully self-contained artificial heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 The first Jarvik-7 patient survived for 112 days, and the second for 620 days. I'm sure the survival rates for the successor device i.e. the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart improved over the next more than 3 decades. Only problem was the shopping-cart sized power source, which now has been reduced to 13.5 pounds from 418 pounds. This new Carmat heart has a Li-Ion battery (weight not known), and hopefully lasts for 5 years but it's way too early to say so. Anyway, we're still a long way away from a truly permanent fully self-contained artificial heart.the jarvic 7 also damaged the blood.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locoJoe Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Ive had buzzes that lasted longer than 1 week. Lets hope this thing keeps on rocking for this old man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Ive had buzzes that lasted longer than 1 week. Lets hope this thing keeps on rocking for this old man!yes but that from a gallon and half of tequila and 12 pounds of ganja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrioNeXus Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 CYBORGs coming out soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nIGHT Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Will he still love his wife the same way like before? :think:Saw a movie that a young man refuses to have a heart transplant and rather choose to die than not to love again the woman he loves then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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