Researchers at Texas Heart Institute have developed a non-beating, non-pumping machine that could save the lives of heart patients, news agencies reported on Wednesday.
Although such a device would leave a person without a pulse, it could work better than pumping devices, thereby prolonging the patient’s life.It also aids reducing the chance of infection or other complications.
The machine that delivers blood through the body with the use of simple whirling rotors was tested on an 8-month-old calf.
The team removed the calf”s heart and replaced it with two centrifugal pumps that ”spin” blood throughout the animal”s body.
“If you listened to her chest with a stethoscope, you wouldn’t hear a heartbeat,” Billy Cohn, of Texas Heart Institute said.
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