How distant would you personally estimate? Close enough that it's worthwhile to pump some funds into it so it's achievable in, say, a decade or two?
Re:"God help you. You're on dialysis."
by icegreentea on Saturday November 20, 2010 @09:48PM
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There are multiple implantable artificial hearts in use right now. They're really only good in cases of near total heart failure, and generally only work to extend life by ~year at most (for now). Crank High Voltage has one of these as a plot device.
Did anyone actually watch that movie?
Yep ! Totally crazy movie with Jason Statham. If you can recommand similar movies I'm listening! (already saw the sequel BTW)
High Voltage IS the sequel; or is there a third one out that I haven't heard of yet?
The kidney is not a simple organ and once you start implanting foreign material into people you run into some major issues. Clotting and infection for example. In comarison, artificial heart (a mechanical pump) seems a simpler task and I don't remember hearing much on widespread applications of that lately.