Heart Pump With Wireless Charging Implanted by Kazakh Doctors
- ‘First known human experience with this technology’: JHL
- Discharged patient with device seen swimming, working out
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Doctors in Kazakhstan said Wednesday they had successfully implanted a mechanical heart pump charged wirelessly by an Israeli device, a development aimed at improving life for very ill patients awaiting transplants.
The operation was performed in December at the National Research Center for Cardiac Surgery in Astana, the Israeli technology company Leviticus Cardio said in an emailed statement.