Quiz: What Do You Know About the Artificial Heart?
Quiz: What Do You Know About the Artificial Heart?
It's long been a goal of bioengineers to devise a machine that can replace a damaged heart. See if you know about the progress they've made.
Medical engineering has been able to develop some amazing devices, from dialysis machines that act as artificial kidneys to insulin pumps for regulating blood sugar. But the Holy Grail of artificial organs has always been the artificial heart. Test your knowledge of the past, present, and future of artificial hearts in this ASME quiz.
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