Man lives 100 days with artificial titanium heart in world-first medical success

Forward-looking: An Australian man has become the first person in the world to leave a hospital with a total artificial heart implant, marking a significant milestone in heart failure treatment. He lived with the device for over 100 days before receiving a donor heart transplant in early March – the longest recorded survival with this technology. The patient, a man in his 40s from New South Wales, received the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart (TAH) during a six-hour procedure at St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney on November 22, 2024. The operation, led by cardiothoracic and transplant surgeon Paul Jansz, was part of the Monash University-led Artificial Heart Frontiers Program, which aims to develop three key devices to treat common forms of heart failure. Invented by Australian bio-engineer Dr. Daniel Timms, the BiVACOR TAH uses magnetic levitation technology to replicate the natural blood flow of a healthy heart. Similar to the technology used in high-speed trains, it features a single ... Read full article.