I use these file to make my engineering students familiarised wkith scientific inventions and technical developments of the world. Along with which I also would like to give them an indepth knowledge about the current way of using English language too. This slide show is about American inventions- the aritificial heart- Abiocor, Please go through these and let me know your opinion.

1. American Inventions
The 4th of July celebrates the
birthday of the USA, and
allows us to take time to
reflect on life, liberty and all
the other great freedoms we
have living here

2. PROMINENT
INVENTIONS
As part of that celebration, this week we’re
highlighting some prominent inventions that have
impacted all of our lives since the founding of The
USA.

3. We’ll highlight one
invention from the
18th, 19th, 20th
and 21st centuries

4. Our Heart.
The human heart beats around
2.5 billion times in an average
lifespan.
Each day, it pumps over 2,000
gallons of blood, providing
each cell in the body with
fresh oxygen - without which,
we cannot survive …

5. Heart Beat
It seems like without a
heart beating in our
chest, we would be
toast, right?
Not so fast…

6. Not quite that way
Dr. David Lederman, who
founded Abiomed, Inc. a
year after his father died of
a heart attack, didn’t quite
see it that way.

7. Dead when heart stops?
There is no reason a person
should die when their heart
stops,” Lederman said in a
2003 interview with CBS
News

8. It need not be !
If the person’s brain and the
rest of his body is in good
shape, why should people
die?”

9. Artificial Heart
With that in mind,
Lederman and
Abiomed, Inc.
created the AbioCor,
a grapefruit-sized,
plastic-and-
titanium artificial
heart

10. First Recipient
Robert Tools
became the first
human recipient
of a self-
contained
artificial heart on
July 2, 2001.

11. Rewriting Destiny
The company deemed
it would be considered
a success if Tools
survived for 60 days
following the
procedure

12. Living with artificial Heart
He survived for 151
days. Before his death,
his artificial heart had
beat over 20 million
times inside Tools.

13. What not is POSSIBLE
AbioCor was named Time
Magazine’s Invention ofthe
2001 (#1Year for in Health
),category “for saving the life
of Robert Tools and changing
our perception ofwhat is
possible

14. Unlike the world’s first artificial
heart, the Jarvik-7, developed in
the 1980s by Dr. Robert Jarvik
and its modern version, the
SynCardia CardioWest, the
AbioCor is self-contained,
meaning it isn’t connected to
external machines

15. Permanent
SolutionsAnd unlike its predecessors,
which were created as a
temporary solution for
patients waiting for a human
heart transplant, the AbioCor
is a permanent replacement

16. Responsible
Engineering
Though many developments have
been made in the 12 years
since AbioCor’s creation, it can be
traced back as the spawn of these
new devices, responsible for
redefining perceptions of life, and
allowing humans to survive without a
living heart

17. Student to Inventor
Whether you’re watching
fireworks or barbecuing with
friends, make your own
contributions to your society; if
you can’t be an inventor be an
innovative student at least.

18. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
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