It is the first totally biocompatible artificial heart. Carmat announced yesterday that they obtained approval from four countries to test their prototype. Centres of cardiac surgery of international reputation, in Belgium, Poland, Slovenia, and Saudi Arabia, have given their green light to perform the first test on man. Weighing only 1 kg, this heart will allow the patient to be autonomous, has the inverse of the prosthetics created previously, which weighed up to 40 kilos. Another revolution, it works like a natural heart. Using a battery it reacts to the needs of the patient automatically. It is the result of more than twenty years of researches, initiated by Professor Carpentier. The implantion of the artificial heart will begin once the patients were selected. The Director of Carmat hope for autorisationsm in other countries especially in France.
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