Life support gadget for an artificial heart outside a hospital
Sten Larkin, a young man of 23 years, being a patient of the Cardiovascular Center of the University of Michigan Frankel, had the opportunity to celebrate the Christmas holidays at home with his family, despite the fact that he was implanted with an artificial heart, whose functioning in a hospital environment depends on the massive Big Blue apparatus, pumping compressed air into the ventricles of the diseased organ.
In 2007, Sten, playing basketball, felt unwell in his chest - later in the hospital it turned out that the young man suffers from right ventricular dysplasia, which potentially threatens cardiac arrest. and his younger brother. The defibrillator was implanted into the wall, but unsuccessfully, a cardiogenic shock developed, which led to the fact that doctors were forced to replace the diseased heart with an artificial heart.
Such patients, being in the queue for implantation of a donor organ, are forced to be in the hospital all the time, being connected to the Big Blue apparatus, which is pumped through two tubes that directly exit the body, compressed air into the ventricles of the heart. And taking into account the statistics of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute , according to which every day about 3000 Americans are in the queue for implantation, it becomes clear that the waiting time can be very long.
In June 2014, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of a special mobile gadget worn as a satchel behind the shoulders, called Freedom Driver, which repeats the functionality of Big Blue, but allows the patient with artificial heart to move freely without being tied to a hospital ward.
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Freedom driver
The device weighs 5.9 kg, has built-in air filters, a battery and is worn by the patient constantly as a school backpack. Although to use the Freedom Driver, it is still necessary to meet certain therapeutic requirements, in the case of Stan Larkin they were met, allowing the young man to leave the hospital at least temporarily.
Sten Larkin
You can also get an idea about Freedom Driver by watching the video below:
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In 2007, Sten, playing basketball, felt unwell in his chest - later in the hospital it turned out that the young man suffers from right ventricular dysplasia, which potentially threatens cardiac arrest. and his younger brother. The defibrillator was implanted into the wall, but unsuccessfully, a cardiogenic shock developed, which led to the fact that doctors were forced to replace the diseased heart with an artificial heart.
Such patients, being in the queue for implantation of a donor organ, are forced to be in the hospital all the time, being connected to the Big Blue apparatus, which is pumped through two tubes that directly exit the body, compressed air into the ventricles of the heart. And taking into account the statistics of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute , according to which every day about 3000 Americans are in the queue for implantation, it becomes clear that the waiting time can be very long.
In June 2014, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of a special mobile gadget worn as a satchel behind the shoulders, called Freedom Driver, which repeats the functionality of Big Blue, but allows the patient with artificial heart to move freely without being tied to a hospital ward.
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Freedom driver
The device weighs 5.9 kg, has built-in air filters, a battery and is worn by the patient constantly as a school backpack. Although to use the Freedom Driver, it is still necessary to meet certain therapeutic requirements, in the case of Stan Larkin they were met, allowing the young man to leave the hospital at least temporarily.
Sten Larkin
You can also get an idea about Freedom Driver by watching the video below:
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/375465/
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