The titanium metal box implanted inside Hugo Campos' chest keeps him alive.
The size of a wristwatch, the €20,000 gadget houses a generator, circuitry and a battery with thin wires attached directly to the Californian's heart.
"It took me about a year to get used to the idea of having the implant and understanding how things work," he told EUobserver.
The device - or implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), made by US-based firm Medtronic - is designed to treat danger...
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