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Does this heart speed up/slow down as the demand for blood in the body changes (like heart rate goes up or down)? If not, will people just pass out if they exer
by vjk800 2y ago
Does this heart speed up/slow down as the demand for blood in the body changes (like heart rate goes up or down)? If not, will people just pass out if they exert themselves more than the blood flow from the artificial heart can support?
- Daub 2y agoFrom the article it looks like it does not. Indeed it is hard to imagine a mechanism that could safely accommodate such a feature. maybe an external control knob?
- HPsquared 2y agoOxygen saturation sensor?
- sharpshadow 2y agoOne lung could be replaced with an artificial one which would work together with the artificial heart to regulate oxygen autonomously. The artificial lung could have an oxygen storage so one could hold the breath for hours. One step closer to cyborgs.
- jakobson14 2y agoCongratulations on supplementing one impossible thing we can't do yet with three more. There are very good reasons these artificial hearts are strictly temporary while waiting for a donor.