Engineer Designs His Own Heart Valve Implant 151
nametaken writes "In 2000, Tal Golesworthy, a British engineer, was told that he suffers from Marfan syndrome, a disorder of the connective tissue that often causes rupturing of the aorta. The only solution then available was the pairing of a mechanical valve and a highly risky blood thinner. To an engineer like Golesworthy, that just wasn't good enough. So he constructed his own implant that does the job better than the existing solution--and became the first patient to try it."
Anyone can do it (Score:5, Funny)
I knew a conceptual artist who tried the same thing.
I miss him.
Re:Karma Beating.. (Score:5, Funny)
yay for engineers! (Score:5, Funny)
I myself suffer from a physical... ahem.. shortcoming.
So, just like this engineer, I designed and constructed a solution using a banana and some duct tape.
My wife loves it!
After reading this article, I am thinking I will go ahead and publicize my invention.
Another yay for engineers!
By any chance was this guys actual name... (Score:4, Funny)
Like God said (Score:4, Funny)
Do it yourself ;-)
Re:Link to Original Article (Score:4, Funny)
(Warning: graphic photographs)
I sure hope so; all these ascii photographs around the webs have been driving me nuts.
Re:yay for engineers! (Score:2, Funny)
Do you ever get to join in?
Re:Not really the whole story... (Score:4, Funny)
"Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life."
Lucky he wasn't a (Score:4, Funny)
software engineer!