Scientists have created a new technology that could potentially act as an artificial womb wherein babies born during the second trimester could not only be kept alive but potentially develop until fully healthy and independently viable, Stat reported Tuesday.
This experimental artificial womb — “the biobag” — is a large plastic bag filled with fluid and kept in a state that mimics the inside of a uterus. The umbilical chord is attached to a device that provides the blood with oxygen. The goal is that, after a few weeks in the biobag, the baby could be removed and placed on a ventilator until further developed to the point where they can breath on their own.
Babies born as early as 22 weeks have a 50 percent chance of survival with current technology, but the same devices that save their lives can cause problems that last well into adulthood.
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