世界首個人造心臟誕生

世界首個人造心臟

According to the Daily Mail on February 16, the photo of the world's first Artificial heart was released by the Smithsonian Institute on February 14 to mark Valentine's Day and the American Heart Month. Known as the Liotta-Cooley Artificial Heart, this half-pound (226.8-gram) device of plastic and polyester fiber was developed by Dr Domingo Liotta in 1969.

英國《每日郵報》2月16日報道稱，本月14日史密森納研究院公佈了世界上首個人造心臟的照片，以這種特殊方式紀念情人節和美國心臟月。據悉，這枚人造心臟名爲利奧塔-庫利人造心臟，重量爲半磅(226.8克)，由醫生多明戈利奧塔與1969年用塑料和聚酯纖維製作而成。