 Will Cyber-hearts have no pulse?, New tech says so... |
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  Jul 6 2011, 10:17 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 134 Joined: 2-November 09 From: Oregon City, OR Member No.: 17,832  |
Artificial heart with no rythm...
So could a good sign of cyber-organ replacement be a lack of a pulse? And what happens when someone with one of these passes out or goes into a coma? |
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Jul 6 2011, 10:57 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 565 Joined: 7-January 04 Member No.: 5,965 |
it also would make CPR much more difficult in case of bionic failure.
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Jul 6 2011, 11:03 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
And that's why Dick Cheney no has no heartbeat.
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Jul 6 2011, 11:33 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 134 Joined: 2-November 09 From: Oregon City, OR Member No.: 17,832 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Jul 6 2011, 03:03 PM)  And that's why Dick Cheney no has no heartbeat. I think that has a lot less to do with technology than it does to him being in league with the Chaos Gods... |
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Jul 6 2011, 11:36 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Explains why he shot the lawyer in the face.
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Jul 7 2011, 12:48 AM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 577 Joined: 23-July 03 From: outside America Member No.: 5,015 |
Well The Ventracore Australian artificial heart didn't have a pulse so it's not surprising that later devices operate similarly.
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Jul 7 2011, 01:56 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,973 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Fairfax, VA Member No.: 13,526 |
Given that the most reliable pumps and compressors are continuous feed systems like centrifugal pumps and screw compressors and not displacement pumps and reciprocal compressors, it's no shock that artificial hearts would move in the same direction.
It's a no-brainer from a Fluid Mechanics perspective. |
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Jul 7 2011, 02:26 AM
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Street Doc Group: Admin Posts: 3,508 Joined: 2-March 04 From: Neverwhere Member No.: 6,114 |
These are the same kinds of pumps used in cardiopulmonary bypass and ECMO. Wonder how they plan to prevent SIRS...
And to answer the OPs question: if a person with such a pump fell into a comma and someone thought they were dead, there isn't a lot anybody could do that would hurt the person, except may chest compressions cracking a few ribs. Electrical cadioversion or ACLS drugs wouldn't really do anything (might be unpleasant but the person isnt awake anyway). An emergent thoracotomy would suck, but the trauma surgeon would very quickly realize what was going on. |
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