AbioCor is an artificial heart developed by the Massachusetts-based company AbioMed. It is fully implantable within a patient, due to a combination of advances in miniaturization, biosensors, plastics and energy transfer.
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The AbioCor's motor sits between the two ventricles inside a separate chamber filled with silicone fluid.
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But the AbioCor lacks a response to "fight or flight, " a hormonal mechanism triggered by the brain.
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Abiomed's AbioCor is silent, portable and weighs only a kilogram, only twice as heavy as a healthy heart.