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machine, while a very successful and critically important life support device that almost completely replaces the duties of a kidney, is not an artificial organ.

Purpose

Constructing and installing artificial organs, an extremely research-intensive and expensive process initially, may entail many years of ongoing maintenance services not needed by a natural organ:

* providing life support to prevent imminent death while awaiting a transplant (e.g.

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