June 22 is National Organ Donor Day. For the occasion, the Dijon University Hospital offered an information stand to answer questions about donation and transplantation. It is also an opportunity to introduce the public to an artificial heart, which could ultimately replace heart transplants.
Its beats are similar to those of a real heart. On April 10, a Burgundian patient was implanted with a cardiac prosthesis, a first at Dijon University Hospital.
This artificial heart was developed by a French company 30 years ago. “The objective was to have a biocompatible artificial heart, which was not the case before and that posed a problem for treating our patients. The advantage of this heart is that we do not have to will have no coagulation problems, clots inside thanks to its system of biological membranes”explains Professor Olivier Bouchot, cardiovascular surgeon at Dijon University Hospital.
The artificial heart is linked to a battery, which has 4 to 5 hours of autonomy.
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Mechanical hearts did not allow patients to engage in physical activity. This new artificial prosthesis will be a game-changer. “It will be adaptive to the effort. The patient will have an almost independent life at home. He will walk around with a bag and a battery of 4 to 5 hours of power. At night, it turns on the mains so as not to be bothered. When the patient visits us, we collect the information and we will adapt the blood flow, as well as its treatment to enable better functioning of the heart.
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