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Why did we stop doing this? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Hahaha, like the Ventricular Assist Devices.

They bore a one-inch diameter hole in the heart, suture a BLDC impeller motor (VAD) on, then cut into the aorta or whatever, suture fancy material stuff to a tube that then redirects the blood flow through the motor. And a fancy cable that exits your abdomen and connects to the electronics.

It was the single most disturbing thing I've ever had the displeasure of working with. I really wish I didn't know how it worked.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 58 minutes ago* (last edited 56 minutes ago)

And down the rabbit hole we go!

I found stuff about LVAD, but somehow RVAD seems to be much more phallic. But maybe that's what gets your heart racing....

Can't figure out inline images in lemmy. This should be the joke: https://lemmy.myserv.one/pictrs/image/0990c4e3-e575-4824-a018-0ce119eb3ad4.jxl