Chapter 350 Powerful Artificial Heart
The Mayo Clinic is the largest private hospital in the United States, with an average annual profit of 100 million yuan per bed.
It is also one of the few places in Damei that offers in vitro cultivation and transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells.
Similarly, Umbrella's latest artificial organs are also having preliminary clinical applications here.
Umbrella is a myth-like existence in the medical world. From the initial antilithiasis drug to the subsequent 'Ankangding', it is breathtaking and unique. No one can replicate it until now.
Under this situation, even if Umbrella proposed an unreliable method, they would still be willing to try it.
What's more, artificial organs themselves have always been a research direction.
Because the advantages of artificial organs themselves are too obvious.
Reliable and effective, easy to perform, no need to wait for a donor, relatively low risk of rejection, etc.
It's just that while the advantages are obvious, there are also many disadvantages, such as the longevity of the machine, the high price, and complications over time.
Therefore, so far, artificial organs are not yet popular.
Whether it is heart replacement surgery or artificial heart transplantation, Mayo Clinic has rich experience.
There are top-notch medical equipment and the strongest medical team here, and many corresponding surgeries have been performed. There will also be a large number of follow-up records to understand the patient's condition and accumulate more data based on actual conditions.
Umbrella's two new artificial organs appeared, and they took them very seriously.
As a top medical institution, they know exactly what it means if it is as advertised!
"The lifespan exceeds the lifespan of a normal human heart, which is really unbelievable."
"However, the service life is difficult to test. Although it has been tested through accelerated operation in harsh environments, it is still different from natural long-term use. We always thought the artificial heart was good, but after all, it is still mechanically unreliable. Ah..."
Initially, Syncardia tested artificial heart transplantation on 81 patients, selecting critically ill patients whose survival time was less than 30 days. The average survival time was 79 days, and the longest was 400 days.
Therefore, the current consensus on the biggest role of artificial hearts is to prolong their lives as much as possible so that they can wait for a suitable recipient.
Directly and completely replaced by artificial hearts, this is a very beautiful and promising project, but currently, in fact, they are not very optimistic about it in the short term.
Fortunately, the Mayo Clinic has many patients of all kinds, and it is easy to find patients who have a short survival time and have not yet waited for a heart attack.
After explaining the current situation and getting Umbrella's endorsement, many patients agreed to the implantation surgery.
Then, the surgery begins!
The doctor who was constantly controlling the vascular speculum, implanting it from the wrist towards the heart, carefully controlled the speculum, and at the same time said with emotion to the other doctors who were participating in the surgical observation and study.
"Actually, if the memory metal of Umbrella alone can complete more effective new stents and artificial valves, I quite approve of it. It is indeed a rare technology to be able to compress a complete cavity into such a small range."
"Indeed, although memory metal is often used in medical devices, there are very few that reach their level. To be honest, I hope to really achieve the effects they say..."
The commonly used memory metal today is nickel-titanium alloy, which has two different atomic ordering structures when exposed to heat and cold, so it can be restored when exposed to heat and has strong corrosion resistance.
But it is obvious that the memory metal itself still has defects in other metallic aspects. The new material that Umbrella forcibly fused is more than enough to win the Nobel Prize.
It’s just that Umbrella has developed a lot of technologies at present, but there is no news of Nobel Prize yet.
But it is normal. Nobel Prizes are often awarded only after verification. Many winners have won the current Nobel Prize for their previous achievements.
But there must be some suppression in it!
Before the official operation, Mayo still demonstrated their own reason for being expensive, and conducted multiple in-person tests on the artificial heart, which cost $100,000 per unit.
Patients who are willing to accept it now are not charged for the surgery.
At present, the results of other tests are quite excellent. Anyway, no problems have been seen for the time being. Now it depends on the condition of this patient...
The speculum reaches the target area, and the components are released step by step starting from the valve. Each release looks like a work of art. You can see the changes in the atrium through the speculum!
The process was smoother than expected, even much smoother.
That magical material is not just a 'memory' but also has adaptability. With the operation of the motor, it has started to operate on its own.
Originally, with many electromechanical artificial hearts, patients no longer have a pulse, but Umbrella's one is more like a 'boost' given by the heart muscle.
After completing the minimally invasive lead extraction on the chest, in addition to charging, the heart power can even be adjusted by modifying external data parameters to a level that best suits the patient!
"It's over?"
As the device was removed from the blood vessel, the wound was sealed, and the patch on the chest was anastomotic to the skin, they suddenly discovered that the operation itself was far less difficult and time-consuming than expected.
It doesn't reflect the skills of their group of experts at all.
Even this is the result of the careful and slow operation of the doctor who is controlling it. It will obviously be faster after he is proficient.
The patient's other indicators were then tested, and everything was normal!
After waiting for the patient to gradually wake up and start observing, these medical experts also found that the patient seemed to be recovering quite well!
Even the patients themselves were a little confused.
In fact, he himself knew that he was approaching the end of his life and came here to try out new technologies.
In fact, he has completed his psychological construction during this period and is no longer so afraid.
But now it’s successful?
Feeling the surging beating of his heart that he had not seen for a long time, feeling the blood filling his body, feeling the clarity of his mind and the strength in his body, he couldn't help but feel a little excited.
"I feel full of power..."
It's not that he feels stronger, but that he originally chose him. His heart function has been severely exhausted, and naturally he feels weak all over. Now after gradually recovering, of course he will feel full of strength.
"It seems pretty good. Let's get used to it first. We haven't increased the power. We're still keeping it in a sick state for now to let your body adapt. Then we will gradually increase it based on your recovery until it returns to normal heart level..."
The doctor looked at the patient in front of him with a strange expression on his face.
Darling, this thing seems to have an indescribable feeling. He is even thinking that in the future, athletes will implant this and increase the power. I wonder if it can have a stronger effect than stimulants.
Special Mo seems to be completely feasible!
Even many doctors have a strange image in their minds that all the organs of the human body have been mechanically strengthened.
If, it means if!
If this patient can really remain normal for a long time, and the service life of this instrument really is that long.
Then, what they think may become a reality!
————Third update~First update~
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