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Artificial Heart Devices

Artificial Heart Devices

Artificial Heart Devices

In its never ending pursuit of advancement, science has reached a
crucial biotechnological plateau, the creation of artificial organs. Such a
concept may seem easy to comprehend until one considers the vast knowledge
required to provide a functional substitute for one of nature's creations. One
then realizes the true immensity of this breakthrough. Since ancient times,
humans have viewed the heart as more than just a physical part of the body. It
has been thought the seat of the soul, the source of emotion, and the center of
each individual's existence. For many years, doctors and researchers left the
heart untouched because they thought it was too delicate, too crucial to
withstand the rigors of surgery. However, the innate human desire to achieve
brought about the invention of the artificial heart. The potential for such
inventions are enormous. According to the American Heart Association, there are
between 16,000 and 40,000 possible recipients of artificial heart devices under
the age of sixty-five. If perfected, it would enable us to save thousands of
human lives.
    In considering the full impact of artificial heart devices on society,
we must not narrow our thinking to include only the beneficial possibilities.
There exist moral, ethical, and economic factors that accompany these new
innovations to humanity. Who will receive these brilliant inventions?
Obviously not all of the patients will get transplants, so selection criteria
must be established. The high price of artificial heart devices and their
implantation will eliminate some candidates. Unfortunately, this is not fair.
The rich, in essence, can buy life, whereas the poor are abandoned to die in a
diseased state. A thorough analysis of the implications of the implantation of
such devices reveals not only selection and economic consideration, but
mortality and ethics as well. Many contest that it is simply wrong to tamper
with the ways and creations of nature. By prolonging life through unnatural
means were are defeating natures foremost tenet of the "survival of the
fittest." We are preserving the weaker gene pools and contributing to the
deterioration of the human species. These and other considerations play a vital
role in determining the artificial transplants actual benefit to the
contemporary world and the world of tomorrow. A full-scale incorporation of the
artificial heart devices technology into the medical world

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