An Australian man lived with a titanium artificial heart for more than 100 days before receiving a real heart.

the titanium heart could be a future permanent heart replacement for those too old or sick to undergo a transplant. Being a man with a heart of stone isn’t usually a compliment, but a heart of ...

The titanium device’s underlying principles were first envisioned in 2001 by a biomedical engineer named Daniel Timms. Timms, a plumber’s son, started by mimicking a human circulatory system using ...

An Australian man with severe heart failure received a metal heart and was well enough to be discharged from the hospital while he waited for a donor. He is now recovering successfully from heart ...

First, it uses an electro mechanical rotary pump to move blood through the titanium ... on transplant lists and can be an extremely important part of extending the survival rate from heart failure.

successful transplant surgery. His case marked the first time a patient has been allowed to leave the hospital with a titanium heart and the longest anyone has lived with the technology.

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. The patient, a man in his 40s who ...

An Australian man with heart failure has become the first person in the world to survive more than 100 days with an artificial titanium heart as he waited to receive a donor transplant. The ...

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. The patient, a man in his 40s ...