colourlesspony@pawb.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-225 days agoHow does death with a mechanical/artificial heart work?message-squaremessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up177arrow-down1message-squareHow does death with a mechanical/artificial heart work?colourlesspony@pawb.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-225 days agomessage-square27linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePhotonic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·23 days agoYup, there is a cable running through their skin connected to battery packs outside of the body that need to be changed regularly, so patients are always walking around with a bag containing the battery packs wherever they go.
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoIf it only lasts a couple hours, how do they sleep for more than 3 hours?
minus-squarePhotonic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-223 days agoA couple is maybe a bit of an understatement. It’s likely about 8-10 hours
Hours?!?
Yup, there is a cable running through their skin connected to battery packs outside of the body that need to be changed regularly, so patients are always walking around with a bag containing the battery packs wherever they go.
If it only lasts a couple hours, how do they sleep for more than 3 hours?
A couple is maybe a bit of an understatement. It’s likely about 8-10 hours