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.

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 ...

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 ... mobility to leave the hospital until a donor heart became available. He returned to receive his human transplant in early March, and is now recovering ...

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 ...

A fully implantable, titanium total artificial heart (TAH) from Bivacor of Huntington Beach, CA, has received Breakthrough Device Designation from FDA as a bridge to transplant (BTT) for adults with ...

The FDA has granted a breakthrough device designation to the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart. Made of titanium, the device uses a magnetically levitated rotor to pump blood in adult patients with ...

The company has so far treated patients who were weeks or months away from a transplant, but the device is theoretically ...

He's the first person in the world to be discharged from the hospital with the titanium device, living at home for about a month before receiving his donor heart. The transplant took place on ...

Man lived with device for 105 days before receiving donor heart transplant in early March The ... total artificial heart implant — made of titanium — for more than 100 days, and to be ...