artificial heart

American

noun

any of various four-chambered devices, modeled on the human heart, that pump blood by attachment to a power source and that are constructed for temporary external use or for implantation as a temporary or permanent heart replacement.

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Mr Robert's proudest product is the engine for the world's only medically-registered artificial heart.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025

The team also showcased the technology through a heart-like pump with integrated ventricles and artificial heart valves, as well as metamaterials that can be programmed to have non-linear material properties.

From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2023

French artificial heartmaker Carmat announced on Tuesday that it had carried out the first implant of its Aeson artificial heart in a woman.

From Reuters • Sep. 21, 2021

The variety of plastic objects at risk is dizzying: early radios, avant-garde sculptures, celluloid animation stills from Disney films, David Bowie costumes, the first artificial heart.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 2, 2021

Its artificial heart, the Parliament area, seems to absorb most of its vitality.

From Westward with the Prince of Wales by Newton, W. Douglas (Wilfrid Douglas)

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