Revolutionary membrane can keep your heart beating perfectly forever

[Ola Thoresen]

«You're looking at a rabbit's heart beating outside the animal that once hosted it. It's alive, pumping blood on its own thanks to a revolutionary electronic membrane that may save your life by keeping your heart beating at a perfect rate.»

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[Duffey]

Thanks for sharing this, Ola. It looks like it's being developed in my own backyard, and the possibilities it opens up are exciting to consider. I know some lose their pericardium during replacement; in my own case, I suffered with pericardial constriction post-op, so the promise of having a new, custom-made pericardium is mind boggling.

 

[Bina]

Very impressive. I want one.