Live without a heartbeat! China's artificial heart shines into reality, the first adaptor: 5km brisk walk every day
The artificial heart shines into reality, and the "magic" of science and technology is once again fulfilled. The fourth-generation magnetic levitation artificial heart independently developed by China has allowed talk show actor Wang Shiqi to survive in a desperate situation, achieving a huge breakthrough in survival without a heartbeat, and this also represents an important step in the field of artificial heart technology in China. So as China's first maglev artificial heart adaptor Wang Shiqi, what is the story behind him?
Wang Shiqi, a high school math teacher and a talk show actor, fainted at a school sports meeting. The examination revealed that he had dilated cardiomyopathy, which would develop into heart failure in the later stage. However, domestic heart surgery was immature in 2007, and even if he chose to do a heart transplant, he was not very sure. Wang Shiqi postponed it until 2019. At this time, his physical condition is already unsupportable, and if he does not undergo a transplant operation, his life is very likely to be lost.
It just so happened that the country began to conduct clinical trials on artificial heart transplantation. Wang Shiqi had no choice but to try an artificial heart. He was also one of the first people to install an artificial mechanical heart. According to Wang Shiqi’s recollection, when the doctor repeatedly asked him if he was willing to undergo this operation, the on-site personnel kept hitting the artificial heart with various strengths and angles, but the artificial heart was not damaged at all, which also increased his anxiety. confidence.
After the operation, Wang Shiqi brought the artificial heart to the stage of the talk show, and brought the artificial heart into the public eye through humorous narration, which also aroused people's curiosity and expectation for this "black technology". "Can a battery really last for eight hours? What if I overslept when changing the battery?" "Will it be inconvenient to take a bath with an artificial heart?" "What if the power goes out for a long time?" Various questions followed.
However, Wang Shiqi let the public see the success of the artificial heart through his own presentation. Not only did he live a normal life, he could even walk 5 kilometers a day and cycle 15 kilometers every two days. This also made many patients of the same type even more convinced of Chinese technology. ability. At the same time, his success has also made many bigwigs in the Chinese science and technology circle directly exclaim "it has reached the magic level, it is too magical". As the first artificial heart successfully transplanted in China, this achievement is extremely eye-catching.
But what I have to say is that there is still a big gap between us and Laomei in terms of artificial hearts. At present, the success rate in China is only 30%, but the other party can guarantee that more than 90% of patients will survive for two years after transplantation. It seems that China's development in the field of biotechnology still has a long way to go.
At the same time, with the development of science, many experts predict that biotechnology will become the driving force of the next technological revolution, and whoever masters it will master the code of future success. In recent years, the use of biotechnology to enhance life expectancy and improve physical fitness is no longer a dream, and cutting-edge technologies such as artificial hearts, resurrected dead pig brains, and bamboo halls have made "technology change life" within reach. Therefore, From the rich and noble to the Kochi crowd, they are obsessed with such "black technology".
It is reported that in 2013, Harvard Medical School first discovered a technology similar to the "Bamboo House", which can bring old mammals back to a young state. Subsequently, it caused a sensation in the life science and technology circle, and domestic Qingbei and Sichuan University even included it in clinical research, which also confirmed that this technology can reactivate the energy of cells, and then realize the "rejuvenation" of the body's hair, muscles, and bones.
In 2019, when the technology was rated as "one of the most reliable anti-aging methods for human beings" by the top international journal "Nature" and announced to the public, many bigwigs sniffed the wind and obtained the priority experience of the above-mentioned technology in the Harvard Lab. Right, and real estate tycoons Li Ka-shing, Pan Shiyi and others even went to the United States to testify. Coincidentally, the life geek Mayer on the other side of the ocean, the undefeated stock god Warren Buffett, the little king Justin and other wealthy businessmen and celebrities are already "close to the water, first to get the moon", and they have purchased millions of dollars.
Under the "proofing" of the big guys, the products of Zhuyutang have been popular all the way from the super rich circle to JD.com and Tmall. However, the high spending has not deterred the domestic high-net-worth targets of "seeking medicine". According to the research report from International Beijing D, the former once became the "out-of-stock king" that was hard to find online due to the search popularity. At the same time, Li Jiacheng's early experience experience many years ago was also picked up "it feels like returning to the state of being 20 years old".
It is undeniable that compared with the old and the United States, China still lags far behind in the research of frontier science and technology of life. However, this embarrassing situation has attracted the attention of the country. After all, after experiencing the "neck" of lithography machines and semiconductors, the awakening of China's biotechnology is urgent.
In fact, Wang Shiqi's million-dollar artificial heart is also the result of more than ten years of unremitting research. Chen Chen led his team to set up a company in 2008 dedicated to independent innovation and research and development. In 2011, the first fully magnetic levitation artificial heart came out, and the fully magnetic levitation artificial heart project was also listed as a national key research project. The emergence of this black technology can actually be used to solve the problem of heart disease.
In order to attract the return of talents, China has invested as much as 2.79 trillion yuan in scientific research in recent years, in order to support scientific research projects and improve the relevant treatment of scientific research personnel. Statistics show that there are about 1,000 top talents in the field of biotechnology in the United States, accounting for half of the world's population, while China has only a handful of them. If we don't catch up, the next "semiconductor dilemma" may be staged again, where will we go?