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First self contained artificial heart recipient shows stable recovery
In Louisville the patient, a man in his 50s with chronic kidney failure and diabetes, remains on a ventilator but is described as stable and progressing. The AbioCor device, implanted Monday at Jewish Hospital after a seven hour operation, uses wireless power and aims for a long term normal life, with NIH funding and Abiomed Inc. as the manufacturer.
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