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[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

This might be sort if news. I know a guy that had a pump for a heart it pumped the same non stop pressure and he wore a satchel type battery pack forever but functioned fairly normal. Always had to keep extra batteries around and the internal pump had a backup of 30 to 45 mins. This was 15 years ago.

[–] Resurectra@lemm.ee 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)! They’re still being used today, although usually as a bridge to transplant rather than definitive therapy.

This new development is definitely exciting though, hopefully it will offer a new longer term alternative for patients :)

[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

I don't recall him ever having a transplant done but again as I said below in the long story you might find interesting. I haven't heard from him in years. It was certainly wild to think about and to realize he has no heartbeat anymore. I'll ask a family member what ever come of him. Hopefully all is well with him. Who knows.

[–] sneakyninjapants@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD). Interestingly enough, with the older implants there is no detectable heartbeat under a stethoscope due to the way the pump functions. Pretty surprising when you're expecting to find one, and has led to it being unoficially dubbed VLAD in reference to the creatures of the night.

[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

This rejogs a partial memory. I do recall he said he no longer has a heart beat. He told me his heart was pronounced dead part or the whole thing I am unsure. I gave a decent story and better description below in another comment.

[–] Willy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah, my dad was on a bivad 25 years ago for almost a year. Back then it was the size of a washing machine. By the end of his hospital stay they introduced the satchel kind with batteries.