Chapter 1655: Chapter 1655
Chapter 1655: Chapter 1203:
For safety’s sake, he brought along the company’s best engineer to provide technical support, just in case. Although he is very familiar with his own product technically, he is somewhat inexperienced with the on-site process.
The Institute requires that the chief surgeon, instrumental nurse, and assistant must be very familiar with the product, and on-site engineers are not allowed to join the operation. Therefore, the engineer can only stay off the operating table and help handle some technical crises, such as replacing the artificial heart if contamination occurs. Of course, such situations are almost impossible, but surgery must be flawless, with multiple backup plans in place—better to have them and not need them than to encounter an unforeseen emergency without them.
Yang Ping, although not in the lead role, will still be stationed off-stage. It’s not that Xia Shu couldn’t lead this surgery or that there were difficulties with the main surgery, but Yang Ping wanted to give his support to this product. Standing in the operating room and not standing in it makes a significant difference; his presence makes people say that it’s Professor Yang leading the team in performing the Heart Treasure 3.0 artificial heart replacement, which clearly makes a difference.
Upon seeing Professor Yang in the operating room, President He understood that the immense fortune awaiting him was far more than a mere ten-billion investment; his artificial heart was about to take off. With accumulated strength ready to unleash, technically, President He didn’t feel he could lose to anyone. So, once the winds of change blew, Heart Treasure Company was sure to soar.
“Professor Yang!” President He seemed to always appear very humble, bowing deeply, making Yang Ping feel a bit uneasy, as only Takahashi used to do this.
“President He!” Yang Ping responded to him.
President He immediately said, “Just call me Xiao He.”
In fact, President He is likely one or two years older than Yang Ping, and his appearance makes him look obviously older than Yang Ping, so being called Xiao He feels a bit strange, President He thought to himself.
In fact, President He doesn’t have much to do in the operating room. The doctors and nurses here are very familiar with his artificial heart, unlike in some hospitals, where sometimes the doctors are unfamiliar with the product and need to inquire about various parameters from the on-site engineer during the procedure, or complete the operation with the help of the on-site engineer.
For example, in artificial joint replacement surgery, engineers often need to come up to help assemble the artificial joint and various matching instruments.
In fact, strictly speaking, this is not allowed. If the surgeon and instrumental nurse cannot skillfully assemble the artificial joints and instruments, it poses many potential risks to the main surgery.
This is clearly not allowed at Sanbo Hospital. If a chief surgeon did this and it got out, they would be laughed at. Therefore, even for new products, the chief surgeon would have fully rehearsed in advance and memorized the product’s principles, structure, and various parameters.
In fact, no matter what medical device, similar products generally have little difference in key technologies, with differences existing mainly in details.
The surgical team must be very familiar with the surgical instruments and implants used in the operation. This is a basic requirement, but this basic requirement is difficult to achieve in many places at the moment.
Patient An Chenfeng was already lying on the operating table, and the anesthesiologist was still Doctor Wei, who worked silently throughout, with his head down at his work.
“Anesthesia is ready!” This was one of his few words in the operating room.
Xia Shu led the doctors out to wash their hands.
Yang Ping stood in front of the view box studying the patient’s CT images, though he had already studied these images many times. Standing around in the operating room with nothing to do, and with the surgery not having started yet, idle chit-chat was not an option, so he didn’t mind analyzing them again.
President He also stood nearby. Although he couldn’t understand these CT images, he pretended to accompany Yang Ping in viewing them. He wanted to express his gratitude to Yang Ping, but when he thought that such a significant investment of ten billion made just saying thank you seem too light, he temporarily didn’t know how to express his gratitude. He could only appear as polite and humble as possible in front of Yang Ping to feel a bit better internally. Latest content published on novelꞁire.net
Yang Ping turned his head and noticed someone next to him; seeing that it was President He, he realized he was standing too close, with warm breath from his nostrils being too distinct.
“From a doctor’s perspective, several key parameters of artificial hearts need improvement: minimizing damage to red blood cells, reducing the potential for thrombosis; low energy consumption with a long battery life; adequate waterproofing, because if not addressed, it immensely inconveniences a patient’s life; and reducing weight and size. You’ve done well with these points, but most crucially, the fusion of this product with human tissue needs to be excellent—this is lacking in all artificial hearts. In the future, if replacing a heart with an artificial one, the junction with major blood vessels must allow blood vessels to form a biological junction with it, which currently no artificial heart can achieve,” Yang Ping said to President He.
President He immediately committed these thoughts to memory; every word was advice from a world-class doctor on how to improve the product—this was invaluable customer feedback.
He didn’t have a notebook and pen with him, so he asked the anesthesiologist for a pen and paper and wrote it down on the spot.
“You don’t need to be so serious; I’m just casually suggesting some ideas. They may not necessarily be right, but see if it can help you,” Yang Ping said, smiling.
After the patient’s anesthesia was completed, the disinfection sheets were laid, and Xia Shu led the doctors onto the stage. The surgery wasn’t actually difficult; Xia Shu was very skilled in cardiac surgery. In fact, as long as young people have solid theoretical knowledge, hands-on experience with guidance, and willingness to learn, they can quickly master surgeries.
Cutting the skin, opening the chest—Xia Shu’s actions were very swift, unlike his time in Fuwai; in such a short time, he had mastered most cardiac surgeries.
Xia Shu didn’t need any assistance from the on-site engineer throughout the process, and he didn’t ask President He or the engineer a single question. There are various types of artificial hearts, such as temporary auxiliary artificial hearts like ventricular assist devices, used for short-term transitional support to help patients transition to a heart transplant or heart function recovery; their role is temporary, short-term, and transitional.
Moreover, there are completely artificial hearts, which can entirely replace the natural heart. What An Chenfeng underwent is this kind, which will function inside the body in place of the heart for an extended period.
All artificial hearts operate on similar principles, generally consisting of mechanical pumps, chambers made of biomaterials, and external control systems. They are powered electrically, simulating the rhythm of heart contraction and relaxation to pump blood.
Compared to natural hearts, artificial hearts have less physiological compatibility—natural hearts can dynamically adjust their blood-pumping volume based on the body’s needs, whereas artificial hearts rely on preset programs or external adjustments; their durability is poor as mechanical components may wear out over time and require regular maintenance or replacement. Patient psychological acceptance is also relatively lower since they carry a small machine inside their body, which still sustains their life.
The gap with natural hearts ensures that artificial hearts are a transitional solution, and future end-stage organ treatments will certainly be autologous cloned organ transplants.
Soon, Xia Shu completed the surgery.
Ensuring surgical quality, the faster the surgery, the better; this reduces the exposure time of the surgical field to air, thereby reducing the risk of infection.