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Article: California Inventor Develops Implantable Artificial Heart Apparatus
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 7, 2007
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Eduardo J. Peralta of Santa Ana, Calif., has developed an implantable artificial heart apparatus.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "implantable artificial heart apparatus which has no moving parts. It employs the technology of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) to induce flow of human blood. An MHD propulsion unit is a device which applies magnetic and electric fields to blood to propel the conductive fluid through the body's circulatory system. Electricity is passed through the blood via electrodes at the same junction where the blood is exposed to the magnetic field. Charged ions that move from anode to cathode create ...
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