Medical innovations, October 22

Bionic leg, long-term artificial hearts and x-rays of genes. These are just some of the newest medical innovation, we bring you this week.

Italian exceeds 1000 days of Man(f) supportwithanArtificial heart
54 year-old man was the first in Italy, while waiting for a matching donor receives a Total artificial heart on SynCardia.It was also the first issue of 1000 days to equipment at home and enjoy the normal life of the 10 km Walks. and works at home for 30 minutes. Artificial heart is powered by The Freedom ™ portable drivers approved for commercial use in Europe and still carried out clinical studies approved by the FDA investigational device exemption (IDE) in the United States, but

Bionic legs enables you to get up and Walk Paraplegics?
Originally based on military technology, are targeted to the consumer. eLEGS Bionic legs have been developed by the Berkeley Bionics, and can help get rid of his wheel chair paraplegic and on foot.

eLEGS is the latest line of "human augmentation Robotics systems" created Berkeley Bionics with Robotics and human Engineering Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. Was based on a different system called HULC, human Universal load carrier, robotics system licensed Lockheed Martin that was made for military assistance to the transport of heavy packages over the troops in extreme terrain without risk of damage.

ELEGS device consists of a backpack containing battery casings and metal legs, which are secured around the person clothed body with velcro straps.A mixture of Robotics sensors and creates a natural gait seeming, which you can speed up with an excess of 2 miles per hour.

An x-ray for your genes
Researchers at the University of Tel Aviv Sackler Faculty receives a large step towards personalized medicine.Using deep sequencer, computer, reading the human genome and its expression, doctors may predict how patients respond to medications. something like "X-Ray for our genes", method allows the researchers to look "on the influence of genetic expression of genes, only allow small microRNAs and patient responds to medicaments. This may indicate that a smaller number of deaths from the effects of adverse drug and novel and safe uses for existing medicines."

Long-term mechanical heart implanted for the first time in Canada the heart failure patient
61-year-old woman was the first in Canada to receive ventricular assistance device (LVAD) for advanced cardiac failure, the device is called a DuraHeart. "and" is intended for long-term cardiac support and reduces the risk of complications, including strokes, infection, and the failure of the equipment – which may occur in the facilities of the mechanical heart. Device main pump is driven by magnetic levitation technology, which means that its movable parts are kept with the magnets instead of bearings, exclude the wear and tear of equipment allows. flow smoothly through the pump, blood, which extends the equipment and the life of the patient. "

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