Man is fitted with artificial heart

Its a fantastic piece of technology but i'd be petrified that the thing was going to break - he's basically carrying the only thing keeping him alive around in a rucksack connected only by a few plastic tubes.

Its a fantastic piece of technology but i'd be petrified that the thing was going to break - he's basically carrying the only thing keeping him alive around in a rucksack connected only by a few plastic tubes. Funny that's how I feel about my heart.

Its a fantastic piece of technology but i'd be petrified that the thing was going to break - he's basically carrying the only thing keeping him alive around in a rucksack connected only by a few plastic tubes. I'd choose living precariously over not living at all any day...

Well, it's a step. Akin to the Iron Lung. For people with no alternative, it's at least an answer. What they don't tell you is what it takes to maintain it, and avoid infections, destruction of red cells and all the other complications, not mention how much your insurance won't pay. Still, it's something, and if you have a family, better than dying, I guess. l'll take one when it's pacemaker sized and internally energized and programmable for activity. But I'll be dead by then anyway.