Engineers Design Bionic ‘Heart’ for Testing Prosthetic Valves, Other Cardiac Devices

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Published March 01, 2020 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
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As the geriatric population is expected to balloon in the coming decade, so too will rates of heart disease in the United States. The demand for prosthetic heart valves and other cardiac devices — a market that is valued at more than $5 billion dollars today — is predicted to rise by almost 13 percent in the next six years.