EADS https://refractor.io/tag/eads/ EADS en-AU Tue, 24 Dec 2013 23:47:48 GMT Carmat self-regulating artificial heart implanted in first human subject https://refractor.io/medical-devices/carmat-self-regulating-artificial-heart-implanted-in-first-human-subject/ Renderings of an implanted Carmat artificial heart

Last Wednesday in Paris, a 75 year-old man received an artificial heart. That in itself might not be newsworthy, as such devices have been in use since the early 80s. In this case, however, the gadget in question was the first Carmat bioprosthetic artificial heart to ever be implanted in a human. According to its inventor, cardiac surgeon Alain Carpentier, it's the world's first self-regulating artificial heart.

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]]> Tue, 24 Dec 2013 23:47:48 GMT https://refractor.io/medical-devices/carmat-self-regulating-artificial-heart-implanted-in-first-human-subject/ Ben Coxworth