Abiocor

AbioCor System

Tiffin University

Amber Haskins

September 1, 2013

Cohort: FALL 1-13

Malinda Burks

HCA362: Research & Analysis for Health Care

The AbioCor is the first completely self-sufficient artificial heart that has been a product of three decades of research (AbioCor). The AbioCor system is designed to sustain the body’s circulatory system and to help extend the lives of patients who may die of heart failure. The AbioCor is intended for end-stage heart failure patients who have had other treatment options but have been exhausted. The AbioCor is an internal thoracic unit that has a rechargeable battery which is made so it can move the blood through the lungs and the rest of the body (AbioCor).

Assuming government permission, should Abiomed rush into production of its AbioCor system?

- The AbioCor system is helpful for its patients, and I do believe that there should be a rush put to go forth in production. Because there are thousands of people out there in the world that could use this system and I think that it should be available for the ones that have tried everything else, or has not been able to find anything else to help them. This seems like a very knowledgeable thing to have been invented, and it should be available as soon as possible.

What concepts are embedded within the above scenario?

- With the given scenario it seems that the 50 year old man was doing great just thirty days after he had the AbioCor inserted in him. According to Dr. Robert Dowling “He was facing death 30 days ago and he knew it and now he is looking forward to life and is happy to be here.” This shows that the system does work and that it can help a lot of people if more were produced and implemented in the industry. The AbioCor pumps 7 liters of blood a minute compared with the 2 liters the patients damaged heart could deliver. A concept is a generally accepted collection of meanings or characteristics associated with certain events, objects,...