Wireless Mechanical Heart Pump Developed

Japanese researchers have developed a wirelessly controlled mechanical heart pump, moving a step closer to developing a fully embedded artificial heart.

According to reports, the newly developed pump is about the size of a size C battery and can pump over 5 liters a minute of blood, which is similar to a human heart, by spinning a cylindrical magnet.

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The pump can be driven by simply using a separate device over the skin to generate a magnetic force.

Traditional mechanical pumping systems are too large to be embedded in the human body and need to be connected to an electrical cord routed through a patient's skin.

Owing to the new pump's small size and simple structure, an artificial heart using the pump will be less costly, professor Kazushi Ishiyama, who has led the research group said.

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