Using rocket technology, Chinese scientists claim to have created an artificial heart. The heart, which is currently being tested, uses magnetic and fluid levitation from a rocket system.
You might soon find that you don't need to worry at all about heart attacks. According to a recent media claim, Chinese scientists have created an artificial heart using rocket technology that is currently undergoing testing following extensive animal testing. The Teda International Cardiovascular Hospital in Tianjin, North China, and the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) collaborated on the development of the heart.
Li Hong, a former director of CALT at the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, was quoted in Science and Technology Daily as saying that the artificial heart had been sent for testing and inspection following extensive animal testing. According to the state-run Global Times, the "aerospace heart" will enter clinical trials during the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016–20). It uses magnetic and fluid levitation from a rocket system.
Song Zhongping, a military expert and TV analyst, was quoted in the report as saying, "The magnetic and fluid levitation technology can reduce the friction in the device to boost the working efficiency and extend the life duration of the power generator."
The blood pump can operate longer thanks to the technology being used, which can lessen harm to the blood. "There isn't a home-made artificial heart that China has authorised for sale. According to Sun Hongtao, associate chief physician at the Fuwai Cardiovascular Hospital, patients must currently rely on heart transplants.
It would undoubtedly help Chinese heart patients if China were to develop its own artificial heart at a lesser cost, according to Sun. Using magnetic levitation, Fuwai Cardiovascular Hospital also created an artificial heart that was implanted in three patients between June and October 2017, according to a March 9 report by the government-run Xinhua News Agency.
According to Sun, artificial hearts are often used while recipients are awaiting a heart transplant or, in the event that a transplant is not possible, to permanently replace the heart. A sheep with a synthetic heart was implanted in 2013 by scientists, and the sheep lived for 120 days in good condition. The Science and Technology article stated that the hearts were then implanted in six additional lambs, and all of them lived for 100 days or longer, demonstrating that the heart is suitable for batch production.
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