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Automated control of every major component of the circulatory system should be coming up in the future of medicine if society doesn't implode first. Stabbed thr
by smolder 22d ago
Automated control of every major component of the circulatory system should be coming up in the future of medicine if society doesn't implode first. Stabbed through the heart and lung? Plumb in an artificial blood pump and gas exchange unit until they can be surgically treated. There's no reason we can't duplicate the functionality of the heart, lungs, liver, or kidneys. It could save tons of lives if we get there.
- adrianN 22d agoWe have functional machines that replace heart and lungs (for a while). Unfortunately they also mess up your blood cells and there is of course a risk of sepsis.