Tinkering for a ticker

Boffins are working on an artificial heart that automatically adjusts to the patient’s needs; device would also aid in prognostics and diagnostics, even assessing conditions of the blood, which is critical to maintaining patient health Right: Matthew Franchek and Ralph Metcalfe, both mechanical engineering professors at the University of Houston, are part of a research team working to create a pulseless total artificial heart Patients on the waiting list for a heart transplant may soon have added options, thanks to a new device being developed in the US by the Texas Heart Institute in collaboration with two University of Houston (UH) professors. As part of a biomedical research team working to create a pulseless ‘total artificial heart’ (TAH), Matthew Franchek and Ralph Metcalfe – both mechanical engineering professors at UH... [read full story]