Australian lived a record 100 days with an artificial heart in anticipation of a donor: what is with him now
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The Australian became the first patient in the world to be discharged from a hospital with an artificial heart.
A 40-year-old man from a new South Welsh lived a record 100 days with an artificial heart in anticipation of a donor organ and waited for transplants, reports ABC.
The man already Transplant the real heart. According to doctors, he feels good.
Prior to implantation of artificial heart Bivacor, he could not walk on his own and had a minimal chance of waiting for a donor heart.
In addition to Australia, Bivacor is already being tested in the United States. The first American patient received such an implant in 2024.
Until now, no patient with artificial heart left the hospital, so the Australian statement has become a real breakthrough in medicine.
How does the Bivacor artificial heart work
Bivacor is an artificial heart made of titanium that was implanted by a man with severe heart failure in November 2024.
Initially, the device was installed as a temporary solution until the donor body is found, but in the future Bivacor can be a constant replacement of the human heart.
Unlike traditional artificial hearts that mimic the natural contractions of the heart muscle, Bivacor uses magnetic technology to move blood. Its engine works without wear and tear.
The idea of creating such a heart belongs to the Australian engineer Daniel Timms. He began to work on her as a child, inspiring the work of his driver, with whom he constructed water pumps together.
The operation was performed by the well -known cardiac surgeon Paul Yansz at St. Vincent Hospital in Sydney. He called this development « St. Graal » because Bivacor cannot fail or be rejected by the body.
According to doctors, this breakthrough can save thousands of lives, because earlier about 25% of patients who were waiting for heart transplantation were died due to lack of donor organs.
In 2025, Australian doctors plan four more implants Bivacor in The Artificial Heart Frontiers Program, headed by the University of Monasha, frames of the Artificial Heart Frontiers Program.
Even though the production of these devices is limited, Daniel TIMMS and his team are working to make artificial heart accessible to more patients.
Recall that in the US, a woman first in the world has lived with transplanted Pork kidney.
