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In a major medical breakthrough, researchers at Texas Heart Institute have developed a non-beating, non-pumping machine that could save the lives of heart patients. According to the researchers, although such a device would leave a person without a pulse, it could work better than pumping devices, thereby prolonging the patient\u2019s life. It also aids reducing the chance of infection or other complications. The machine that delivers blood through the body with the use of simple whirling rotors was tested on an 8-month-old calf. The team removed the calf\u2019s heart and replaced it with two centrifugal pumps that \u2018\u2019spin\u2019\u2019 blood throughout the animal\u2019s body. \u201cIf you listened to her chest with a stethoscope, you wouldn\u2019t hear a heartbeat,\u201d the Discovery News quoted Billy Cohn, of Texas Heart Institute as saying. \u201cIf you examined her arteries, there\u2019s no pulse. If you hooked her up to an EKG, she\u2019d be flat-lined,\u201d he added. After practicing on 38 calves, the team tried the device on a 55-year-old human patient, who was dying from amyloidosis, a disease that causes buildup of abnormal proteins that clog the organs until they stop functioning. Though, the patient died after a month of getting the implant due to the underlying disease attacking his kidneys and liver, doctors said that the pumps had performed flawlessly. They added that continuous-flow pumps could last longer than other artificial hearts and cause fewer problems because each side has just one moving part: the constantly whirling rotor. \u201cThese pumps don\u2019t wear out. We haven\u2019t pumped one to failure to date,\u201d said Bud Frazier, from Texas Heart Institute. <\/p>\n![\"Facebook\"](\"http:\/\/cms.nagalandpost.com\/newsimages\/PhotosCollection\/BKDWMJOIYQWKXUNDBKXF.png\")
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