An Australian man lived for 100 days with an artificial titanium heart while he awaited a donor transplant, the longest period to date of someone with the technology.

Australian company BiVACOR has revealed a patient implanted with its artificial heart survived for 100 days – and is still with us after receiving a donated organ. The un-named man had heart disease that meant he needed a replacement ticker.

Graphic warningThis machine has enabled an Australian man with severe heart failure to be the first person in the world to leave hospital with an artificial heart transplant.A warning that the images coming up show the surgery.

A man who received the device in a six-hour surgery last November has become the first patient in the world to be discharged from the hospital with it. He lived with the high-tech heart for over 100 days before receiving a donor transplant.

In a breakthrough that researchers call an ‘unmitigated clinical success’, an artificial titanium-made heart has helped a man with heart failure get a new lease on life. The patient in his 40s survived on the device for over 100 days,

The artificial heart uses magnetic levitation – the same technology used in high-speed trains – to pump blood around the body.

An Australian man has become the first person in the world to leave hospital with a totally artificial implanted heart

An Australian patient has become the first person in the world to be discharged from hospital with a totally artificial heart. A NSW man in his 40s had the implant put in November during a six-hour operation at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney.

The Australian patient underwent the procedure on November 22 at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, in a six-hour operation.