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First artificial heart in the world


Male patient gets the world's first artificial heart and French surgeons perform ground-breaking operation on Wednesday 18/12/2013 in Paris.

An artificial heart has been transplanted into a male patient for the first time in world’s medical history. French medics said that a male patient was awake and responding well following Wednesday’s ground-breaking operation at the Georges Pompidou Hospital in Paris, France.



Marcello Conviti, Head of the Carmat biomedical firm said; they are 'delighted' with the first implant but added it is still very early stages.

The device, which is powered by an external battery, is three times the weight of a real organ and mimics the heart muscle contractions. Also the artificial heart, which is three times the weight of a real one, would beat for at least five years.