Findings
An artificial Organ is a man-made creation that is implanted within a person in order to sustain/improve a failing organ and can come as a kind of temporary life support while waiting on the transplant list. In some cases, artificial organs can eliminate the need for transplantation altogether however there are many benefits and costs to artificial organs which prevents this. Other artificial organs such as prosthetic limbs and cochlear implants, which are for those in no need of transplants, allow for the people involved to interact and move into society with more ease and it also improves their social interactions by helping them to take better care of themselves.
Availability
Due to the ever increasing demand for human transplant organs there has been a massive escalation in organ trafficking on the black market around the world, however the development of these artificial organs has
Case Study 1: …show more content…
it took them 25 years to develope the artificial heart, the device itself weighs three times that of an average human heart and is made of soft biomaterials. Regrettably, the patient who received the first Carmat heart died prematurely only a few months after its installation. Early indications show there was a short circuit in the device, but the company is still investigating the details of the death. In another attempt after the unsuccessfulness of the first, another patient in France received the Carmat heart and so far this has been successful as the patient is still alive and well. Naturally critics have stated that they are worried beyond the efficacy of the device itself, as a full artificial heart is too large a step towards becoming a "cyborg" and also the cost is unbelievably large Currently eg.
An artificial Organ is a man-made creation that is implanted within a person in order to sustain/improve a failing organ and can come as a kind of temporary life support while waiting on the transplant list. In some cases, artificial organs can eliminate the need for transplantation altogether however there are many benefits and costs to artificial organs which prevents this. Other artificial organs such as prosthetic limbs and cochlear implants, which are for those in no need of transplants, allow for the people involved to interact and move into society with more ease and it also improves their social interactions by helping them to take better care of themselves.
Availability
Due to the ever increasing demand for human transplant organs there has been a massive escalation in organ trafficking on the black market around the world, however the development of these artificial organs has
Case Study 1: …show more content…
it took them 25 years to develope the artificial heart, the device itself weighs three times that of an average human heart and is made of soft biomaterials. Regrettably, the patient who received the first Carmat heart died prematurely only a few months after its installation. Early indications show there was a short circuit in the device, but the company is still investigating the details of the death. In another attempt after the unsuccessfulness of the first, another patient in France received the Carmat heart and so far this has been successful as the patient is still alive and well. Naturally critics have stated that they are worried beyond the efficacy of the device itself, as a full artificial heart is too large a step towards becoming a "cyborg" and also the cost is unbelievably large Currently eg.