FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Oct. 7 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news release:
In an operating room at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Beau "Rocky"Aguilar stands at a table of surgeons and medical students holding an Xbox controller.
Aguilar, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering at the U of A, reprogrammed the controller to run a pumping system he built in Fayetteville. On the echocardiogram, heart valves open and close. On the table, a heart beats.
"Seeing the valves open and close was absolutely remarkable," Aguilar said. "The doctors were just so happy. It produced unrivaled fidelity."
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