HeartMate Pictures !

This is a picture of the machine that was inside Jenny's body from December 8, 2000 through April 18, 2001 !!!!

132 days !!!!!

The size is overwhelming !!!!

And nothing was taken out of Jenny to make it fit inside her either !

But you wouldn't believe how much this thing weighed !

It was heavy !!!!

Inside the titanium circular unit was the motor that made the "swooshing" sound - - the swooshing sound was the sound of the blood being pushed through the unit and to the rest of her body.....

The short, stubby end was hooked into the left ventricle of her heart; the other, fatter cable to her aorta....... The third skinny white cable went from inside her body to outside of her body and was used to plug into a battery pack that powered the whole HeartMate unit.......

Truly amazing !!!!

The blood would come from the heart to the short, stubby end hooked to Jenny's left ventricle - - and that blood would be sent to the titanium circular cylinder......the swooosh sent the blood running !!!!

Then, the blood would be pushed through the other fat white tube which hooked to her aorta, which sent the blood sailing through the rest of her body !!!!!

Amazing !!!!!

Here's a graphic representation of how it worked:

The blue thing is the HeartMate..........

You can see the short stubby end hooked to the left ventricle of the red heart in the diagram (at the bottom of the heart)

Then it goes to the cylinder......

Then to the fat white long tube that hooks to her aorta - which sends the blood to the rest of her body.......

You can see the skinny white tube coming out of the body on the left side (as you are looking at the picture) and hook into an external battery pack the person is wearing as a harness around their shoulder.......

Help me out - but doesn't this picture look like the person has a huge Darnell Hillman afro???

Outstanding !!!!

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