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Contents Acknowledgments ix Prologue 1 Chapter 1. The Rise of a New Field 7 Chapter 2. The New Generation 18 Chapter 3. Beyond the Artificial Heart 31 Chapter 4. The Pump and Its Pipes 45 Chapter 5. To Breathe Again 57 Chapter 6. The Wires 62 Chapter 7. Moving into the Brain 77 Chapter 8. The da Vinci 90 Chapter 9. The Virtual Surgeon 97 Chapter 10. Bones 107 Chapter 11. The Pictures 121 Chapter 12. Seeing the Unseen 131  Chapter 13. The Business 147 Chapter 14. Weng’s Wars 168 Chapter 15. Tissues 178 Chapter 16. Body Builders 193 Chapter 17. The Road Ahead 206 Index 223 viii CONTENTS ...

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