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Innovative Device Replaces Heart, Allows Life Without Detectable Pulse

Doctors from the Texas Heart Institute have pioneered a groundbreaking heart replacement using a turbine-like device. This innovative solution allows patients to live without a detectable heartbeat or pulse by providing a continuous flow of blood, akin to a garden hose. Craig Lewis, a 55-year-old suffering from amyloidosis, was the first recipient of this device. After the surgery, his blood circulated effectively, but conventional medical criteria deemed him "dead" since no heartbeat could be heard. This advancement challenges traditional notions of human physiology and organ replacement.

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Innovative Device Replaces Heart, Allows Life Without Detectable Pulse

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  1. Identify this Device

  2. That Xray explains : • Doctors from the Texas Heart Institute have successfully replaced a patient’s heart with a device that keeps the blood flowing, thereby allowing him to live without a detectable heartbeat or even a pulse. • Here’s how it works:The turbine-like device, that are simple whirling rotors, developed by the doctors does not beat like a heart, rather provides a ‘continuous flow’ like a garden hose.

  3. Craig Lewis was a 55-year-old, dying from amyloidosis, which causes a build-up of abnormal proteins. The proteins clog the organs so much that they stop working, according to NPR. But after the operation, with the ‘machine’ as his heart’s replacement, Lewis’ blood continued to spin and move through his body.However, when doctors put a stethoscope to his chest, no heartbeat or pulse can be heard (only a ‘humming’ sound)—which “by all criteria that we conventionally use to analyze patients”, • Doctor Cohn said, he is dead. This is proof that “human physiology can be supported without a pulse”. With all the talk of replacing human organs with those of an animal and electronic hearts, it’s surprising that medical researchers overlooked taking a trip to the plumbing section of the hardware store for replacement parts!.

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