Man lives for 100 days with artificial titanium heart in successful new trial
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 Man Survives a Record 105 Days with Artificial Titanium Heart While Awaiting Donor
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 transplant surgery.
Man with artificial heart survives over 100 days outside hospital
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.
World’s first titanium heart patient walks free after surviving 100+ days
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.
Patient in Australia becomes first person to receive an artificial heart
The 40-year-old patient received the titanium implant last November, and it kept him alive for 100 days until his donor heart became available earlier this month.
Man lives 100 days with artificial titanium heart in a first for medical science
An Australian man in his 40s survived 100 days with an artificial titanium heart before receiving a donor heart transplant, making medical history. The BiVACOR heart, developed by Dr Daniel Timms, uses magnetic levitation technology to mimic natural blood flow.
Australian becomes first man discharged with artificial heart
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.
Australian man survives for 105 days with titanium heart in world first
The artificial heart uses magnetic levitation – the same technology used in high-speed trains – to pump blood around the body.
How an artificial heart could soon be saving lives
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,
‘Complete game changer’: Man leaves Sydney hospital with artificial heart in world first
For more than three weeks, a man walked our streets with a titanium heart in a world-first achievement set to change the ...
Australian medicine’s historic first
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