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The people who run a risk of heart failure would have two
connectors to blood circulation system implanted, enabling
automatic attachment of the specialized pump.
Pumps would be delivered by drones, which would self-
activate by
heart failure signals, and fly to patients guided by their GPS
location, align by use of spider-like feet, to provide the
required
pumping.
It is unacceptable that people die simply because of a pump
failure, while all other metabolic reactions in body would be
working just fine. People should not be dying of heart failures.
Or
should we just all have two hearts?
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[Mindey, Sep 13 2015]
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" people who run a risk of heart failure " |
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Technically, wouldn't that be all of us ? |
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It's not that easy (or safe) to have a permanent,
connectable port implanted, though maybe not
impossible. |
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I've often wondered if you couldn't make an artificial
heart (surgically implanted) in the form of a
peristaltic pump that squeezed the aorta (or other
major artery or vein) to pump blood, without its
actually having to come into contact with the blood. |
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Hmm. You could just stick a couple of bags around
the heart that would expand and contract, sort of
like a built in CPR machine. Wouldn't have to worry
about valves getting clogged and such. |
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There was an effort a few years ago to place chiller units
in some locations where defibrillators were already
stored. The idea was that someone suffering a heart
attack and not revived immediately by a defibrillator
could be cooled using this machine. The machine would
fill their lungs with an oxygenated saline solution and
circulate it while holding it at a cold temperature. The
cold fluid in the lungs quickly cools the brain, preserving
life during transport to a hospital, where the cause of the
heart attack could be treated before re-warming the
patient. |
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I'm not sure why it never caught on. |
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//It is unacceptable that people die // |
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I agree. I've come to accept that it's not my fault that
people are willing to let themselves die. For myself, I
signed up for cryonic freezing and hope for the best. |
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Thanks for the image of a vampire which,with very very wide fangs, pumps your blood while fully hooked. |
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[wjt], the more advanced versions of the device would be
capable of drilling to the human body.. |
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If you're going to the trouble and expense of giving
these people surgically-implanted connectors, why
would you not spend the extra money on giving them
a pump to carry around with them? |
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My initial enthusiasm for this idea has been tempered
by thinking about it for 15 seconds. |
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Cybervampires ministering to the ill! |
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There was a flying device in the movie Phantasm that did something like this, or possibly drilled through people. Itmade a big impression on me. I was impressed that the thing did not seem like a phantasm or spectral in any way: it was 100% killer robot. And who builds things like that? At least I know the last part now: Mindey. Confess: these flying bots were part of Mork's plans for world domination. |
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[mindey] I got your email - did you get my reply? |
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