Statistics
- There are approximately 32,500 persons aged 55 to 70 years that are potential candidates for the artificial heart due to an end-stage heart disease each year.
- The surgery to implement an artificial heart can take up to about 10 hours.
- There are nearly 2 million people living with limb loss in the US
- Approximately 185,000 amputations occur in the US each year
- Ratio of upper limb to lower limb amputation is 1:4