Artificial hearts have a hard plastic protective casing and weigh 900 grams. They operate like a natural human heart, have two ventricles and even beat. Implanting an artificial heart involves cutting the failing heart under the auricles, to ensure blood-flow to the organs. A biocompatible interface is sutured to the auricles. The device — comprising two ventricular cavities and four valves — clips onto this interface. Both ventricular cavities are divided into two parts, each […]