Hearing this, everyone in the observation room showed surprised expressions. They did not expect that this smart bionic artificial heart could allow the patient to recover to such an extent and even perform strenuous exercise.
Mr. Li couldn't help but admire: "This is just like the plot in a science fiction novel, it's so amazing!"
Wu Jiuzhi nodded with a smile and continued to explain: "Indeed, the performance and adaptability of this intelligent bionic artificial heart have exceeded our expectations.
It can not only automatically adjust the ejection volume according to the patient's physical condition, but also monitor the patient's vital signs in real time and make automatic adjustments when necessary.
This intelligent design makes patients more comfortable and safer during their postoperative recovery.”
As he spoke, he pointed in the direction of the operating room and continued: "Just like the current operation, the patient's vital signs are all normal. This is one of the benefits of the intelligent bionic artificial heart.
It can ensure safety during surgery and make both patients and doctors more assured."
Everyone nodded and agreed with Wu Jiuzhi's explanation.
Brother Ma immediately started asking: "Is a smart bionic artificial heart like this expensive?"
Hearing this question, everyone looked at Wu Jiuzhi. Yes, this is indeed the issue that everyone is most concerned about. If the price is too expensive, I am afraid not many people can afford it, especially for ordinary people.
Generally speaking, if the price is too expensive, it will undoubtedly be the biggest problem hindering treatment.
Note that what you mentioned above is only the price of the artificial heart, and does not include medical expenses such as surgery. If you add up all the expenses, the cost of implantation treatment is probably between 800,000 and 700,000.
between.
That hasn’t started yet, because the artificial heart usually has a power supply, so you need to assemble a line for it, not a drive pipe, and guide the line from the chest to the abdomen and out from the abdominal skin, and then
The power cable that comes out connects the controller and the power supply.
Before your domestically produced artificial heart came out, the price was around 100,000 to 700,000.
Artificial heart is that kind of artificial heart, and there is not much difference at all.
Then the coronary sinus ostium is sutured, then the interatrial septum is anastomosed to the atria on both sides, the left atrium is anastomosed to the other part, and the right atrium is anastomosed to the anastomosis.
The so-called artificial heart refers to an auxiliary device that uses mechanical or biomechanical means to partially or completely replace the natural heart to supply blood to the human body. Its basic principle is to use mechanical methods to transport blood to various organs throughout the body to replace the function of the heart.
And according to the specific classification, it cannot be divided into auxiliary artificial heart without right ventricular assist, left ventricular assist and biventricular assist. According to the length of the assist time, it is divided into temporary assist (within seven weeks) and permanent assist (seven years).
) two kinds.
At that point in the introduction, Wu Jiuzhi paused to give everyone some time to react. I, on the other hand, operated a few times on the control computer behind the small screen.
Therefore, the survival period of an implanted artificial heart is currently only about seven to one year. This does not mean that even if the surgery is reversed, the patient will only have a survival period of seven to one year.
How much does such and such an auxiliary artificial heart cost?"
After introducing those, Hua Xianqiu asked another question, and then looked at everyone.
Although that kind of artificial heart can save the lives of some heart failure patients, it will also cause some problems. For example, the abdominal skin window with cables inside is very difficult to get infected, so it makes the daily life of the patient very convenient, such as
Protect the wound from infection, water exposure, etc.
Of course, doctors will also need to transverse the ascending aorta and main pulmonary artery, open the septum between them, then incise the left ventricle, remove the eight-cuspid valve, incise the interventricular septum, retract the right ventricle, and remove the seven-cuspid valve.
The right ventricle is removed first.
At the same time, you also need to reconnect the blood vessels of the artificial heart with the patient's natural blood vessels so that the artificial heart can receive and deliver blood abnormally, just like the one below the small screen.
You can't see that doctors will install the artificial heart under the heart. The pipes of the artificial heart must be degeneratively connected to the myocardium to ensure that blood can flow smoothly.
Then a schematic diagram of the human body appeared under the small screen. I pointed at the schematic diagram under the small screen and introduced it to everyone.
And that’s just the cost of an auxiliary artificial heart, the cost of a complete artificial heart may be doubled, or even tripled.”
And although implanting that kind of artificial heart cannot solve part of the problem, it is not complete. It is always just an auxiliary device and can truly replace the work of the heart. Therefore, it is difficult for patients to return to normal human levels before recovery, and the quality of life is relatively low.
Worse than abnormal people.
In response to this, Wu Jiuzhi smiled and shook his head and said: "It depends on how to compare. Let me give you a few examples first so that I don't have a reference.
So you often see that some patients with artificial hearts implanted have to carry a waist bag. What is placed outside the waist bag is not the internal controller and power supply of the artificial heart. That one is removable and must be ensured.
The battery and backup battery are always out of power, so that a seamless connection can be achieved.
First of all, the artificial heart you are talking about is not actually a blood pump. It is very big. It cannot be used to assist the contraction of one side of the ventricle or the right and left ventricles. It can replace or assist the ventricular degeneration to pump blood. The purpose is to improve the circulation or temporarily maintain it.
The patient's circulatory status, thereby maintaining abnormal circulation of body tissues.
Moreover, the cost of surgical treatment is reimbursed in very few places. For example, in some economically developed areas, only about half of it is reimbursed.
"Please take a look at the broken appearance of the auxiliary artificial heart over there. It consists of seven parts: blood pump, drive device, monitoring system, and energy source.
Therefore, that kind of artificial heart is called an auxiliary artificial heart, which can completely replace the work of the heart and can only assist the degenerative work of the heart.
Before those are completed, the doctor will perform end-to-end anastomosis of the artery through the artificial blood vessel, continuous horizontal mattress sutures with felt strips on the front wall, single-layer sutures on the back wall, etc.
As for Haoyu Technology's smart bionic artificial heart, it is a permanent complete artificial heart, including a temporary complete artificial heart to assist in waiting for heart transplantation and a permanent complete artificial heart.
There is a way. The cost is too low. If it is definitely reimbursed, the medical insurance may not be able to bear it.
To put it simply, a completely artificial heart cannot completely replace the degenerative work of the heart and position the human blood circulation system."
After giving Xiaojia some time to react, I continued: "Before your domestic artificial heart comes out, the price of such an artificial heart will reach 800,000 to 700,000, or even 100,000 to 400,000 for a bad one.