Dr Alain Carpentier's new artificial heart look very real expect for the colour and texture.The device is designed to be as similar as possible to the human heartThe device beats almost exactly like the real thing using electronic sensors to regulate heart rate and blood flow.Developers Carmat now need approval from the French authorities before pushing ahead with clinical trials.Several teams from around the world have been working to develop the perfect artificial heart that could be fitted into the 20,000 patients worldwide unable to receive a life-saving heart transplant because of a shortage of donor organs.The new heart is covered with...
