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The "No Pulse" Bionic heart set to save lives in as soon as 3 years
A ground-breaking bionic heart without a pulse is hoped to be saving lives within three years. The world-first device was designed by Brisbane engineer Dr Daniel Timms, who instigated the project in 2001 while studying at the Queensland University of Technology. It recently passed its biggest test when it was successfully transplanted into a live and healthy sheep, and Dr Timms now wants it ready for human trials by 2018.
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I hope that they get some sort of marking on their neck/wrist in case of a first aid situation. I'm sure that there will be something similar to a pacemaker where it's obvious NOT to use a defibrillator, but if I check for a pulse and there is no pulse, I'm going to call 911 and tell them that there is a dead body. I'm sure that the response time is quite different if you tell them that the patient is already dead vs. unconscious but alive.