Carmat company announced the successful carrying out of the world’s first surgery to implant an artificial heart of its development. The operation was performed on December 18 in the European Georges Pompidou Hospital in France. Implantation of an artificial heart went well, the prosthesis provides normal blood flow at the expected level. Currently, the patient is in the ICU, he is conscious and talking with relatives. Carmat artificial heart is an innovative development. This device has already received approval in several countries: Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Poland and Belgium. This device is intended for implantation in patients suffering from heart failure in the final stages. It can operate up to 5 years. According to the company Carmat, artificial heart could help about 100 thousand people in the U.S. and Europe. At the moment the device is undergoing clinical trials. If successful, their passing will be widely used to start the machine. But its use may be limited because of the rather high price – about $ 195 thousand
Carmat company announced the successful carrying out of the world’s first surgery to implant an artificial heart of its development.
The operation was performed on December 18 in the European Georges Pompidou Hospital in France. Implantation of an artificial heart went well, the prosthesis provides normal blood flow at the expected level. Currently, the patient is in the ICU, he is conscious and talking with relatives.
Carmat artificial heart is an innovative development. This device is designed for implantation in patients suffering from congestive heart failure in a final stage. It can operate up to 5 years. According to the company Carmat, artificial heart could help about 100 thousand people in the U.S. and Europe. At the moment the device is undergoing clinical trials. If successful, their passing will be widely used to start the machine. But its use may be limited because of the rather high price – about $ 195 thousand
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