A 60-year-old man Britain has become the world's first to be fitted with battery-powered heart pump as he was too ill to survive a transplant after heart failure. Barry Wade has been allowed to leave hospital and live at home after tiny three-inch titanium heart pump -- HeartMate II -- was fitted in him, The Sun reported. The pump is charged by two portable batteries the patient carries in a shoulder bag. Heart pumps normally need power from ...Sunday, 19 August 2012
Birt Man Fitted With World's First Battery-Powered Heart Pump
A 60-year-old man Britain has become the world's first to be fitted with battery-powered heart pump as he was too ill to survive a transplant after heart failure. Barry Wade has been allowed to leave hospital and live at home after tiny three-inch titanium heart pump -- HeartMate II -- was fitted in him, The Sun reported. The pump is charged by two portable batteries the patient carries in a shoulder bag. Heart pumps normally need power from ...
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