The first wireless VAD

Doctors in Kazakhstan have implanted a wireless ventricular assist device (VAD) into a human for the first time.  The VAD is made by Jarvik Heart Inc but the technology for charging the battery was developed by Israel-based Leviticus Cardio. Wireless VADs have less risk of infection than wired VADs.

https://unitedwithisrael.org/israeli-wireless-heart-pump-implanted-in-first-patient/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0JI_2cgccA

https://www.jhltonline.org/article/S1053-2498(19)31346-4/fulltext

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