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About Juan Giambruno
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- Juan Giambruno (born February 23, 1950 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan cardiac surgeon at Universidad de la República, Montevideo. His major work is a fully implantable artificial heart called CATO (Corazón Artificial Total Ortotópico - Spanish for Orthotopic Total Artificial Heart), which looks and acts like a real heart.
- In the development of the CATO, Giambruno worked together with an important team of Uruguayan scientists (cardiac surgeons, engineers, veterinarians and others).
- The CATO has been tested in cows with good results.
- Giambruno has earned international patents for his invention. The main factor why the project hasn't been completed yet is the lack of economic resources.
- For years, the team of scientists has been working very hard and for free, in the living room of Giambruno's apartment in Montevideo.
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