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The BiVACOR titanium artificial heart is sutured to the arteries, not glued. Surgeons use biocompatible synthetic graft materials (like Dacron or ePTFE) to conn

by floam 2y ago

The BiVACOR titanium artificial heart is sutured to the arteries, not glued. Surgeons use biocompatible synthetic graft materials (like Dacron or ePTFE) to connect the arteries to the device.

iancmceachern 2y ago
Sometimes they use bioglue to cover up mistakes in their sewing, they're not supposed to, and you certainly can't do things like put bioglue all around the circumference, but my understanding is that it's used for touch up here and there.
- floam 2y ago
  That’s interesting, thank you for the gentle correction and illuminating that caveat. I just shouldn’t make assertions about topics I have no background with when I know I just read about this on Google Scholar right before commenting. I’m basically confidently faking it like ChatGPT. “ah they stitch it to this neat synthetic graft stuff therefore glue couldn’t/wouldn’t be used”: wrong.
  - alecst 2y ago
    Wow. I really appreciate the humility and candor shown by you in response to being corrected. I’m genuinely impressed.
  - shiroiushi 2y ago
    >I’m basically confidently faking it like ChatGPT. No, this is different. You're reading a scholarly source and regurgitating it without knowing some of the tiny details or exceptions that would only be common knowledge to an actual practitioner in the field. ChatGPT would be making up completely different things, such as claiming the artificial hearts use subspace fields to work.
    - Filligree 2y ago
      I have literally never seen it do something like that.
    - itishappy 2y ago
      ChatGPT says pretty much exactly what the parent comment said, because they both used pretty much exactly the same workflow to generate responses. Both are pulling from scholarly sources (and shared experience such as their knowledge of language) and synthesizing an answer. Neither are experts in the field. Ironically, the main source of misinformation in this thread appears to be you.
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by floam 2y ago

The BiVACOR titanium artificial heart is sutured to the arteries, not glued. Surgeons use biocompatible synthetic graft materials (like Dacron or ePTFE) to connect the arteries to the device.

iancmceachern 2y ago

Sometimes they use bioglue to cover up mistakes in their sewing, they're not supposed to, and you certainly can't do things like put bioglue all around the circumference, but my understanding is that it's used for touch up here and there.

floam 2y ago
That’s interesting, thank you for the gentle correction and illuminating that caveat. I just shouldn’t make assertions about topics I have no background with when I know I just read about this on Google Scholar right before commenting. I’m basically confidently faking it like ChatGPT. “ah they stitch it to this neat synthetic graft stuff therefore glue couldn’t/wouldn’t be used”: wrong.
- alecst 2y ago
  Wow. I really appreciate the humility and candor shown by you in response to being corrected. I’m genuinely impressed.
- shiroiushi 2y ago
  >I’m basically confidently faking it like ChatGPT. No, this is different. You're reading a scholarly source and regurgitating it without knowing some of the tiny details or exceptions that would only be common knowledge to an actual practitioner in the field. ChatGPT would be making up completely different things, such as claiming the artificial hearts use subspace fields to work.
  - Filligree 2y ago
    I have literally never seen it do something like that.
  - itishappy 2y ago
    ChatGPT says pretty much exactly what the parent comment said, because they both used pretty much exactly the same workflow to generate responses. Both are pulling from scholarly sources (and shared experience such as their knowledge of language) and synthesizing an answer. Neither are experts in the field. Ironically, the main source of misinformation in this thread appears to be you.
  - deleted 2y ago
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