In early February, an Australian man in his 40s became the first person in the world to leave hospital with a virtually ...

A man in Australia becomes the first to survive 100 days with a titanium artificial heart before receiving a transplant.

An Australian man in his forties has become the first person in the world to leave hospital with an artificial heart made of ...

The patient, a man in his 40s from New South Wales, received the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart (TAH) during a six-hour ...

Patients and families need to know how these extraordinary treatments might change how they feel about themselves and the ...

The BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart (TAH) has a single moving part: a levitated rotor held in place by magnets. As the name ...

The implant is designed to sustain patients until a donor heart is available, but BiVACOR’s long-term goal is to enable recipients to live indefinitely with the device without needing a transplant.

An Australian man in his 40s, who received the titanium artificial heart at St Vincent's Hospital Sydney on November 22, 2024 ...

The device kept him alive for more than 100 days, allowing him to regain strength and mobility before ultimately receiving a real human heart transplant. For the first time, a person with a totally ...

The patient, who declined to be identified, was experiencing severe heart failure. He underwent a six-hour procedure for the ...

The recipient of the implant was discharged from hospital in February and received a donor transplant in March — 105 days ...