Man awaiting heart transplant becomes first in the world to survive 100 days with titanium artificial heart
An Australian man waiting for a heart transplant has survived 100 days with
Australian man survives 100 days with artificial heart in world-first success | Health | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/12/australian-man-survives-100-days-with-artificial-heart-in-world-first-success
Australian becomes first in world discharged with durable artificial heart - ABC News
BIVACOR is a medical device manufacturer founded by Dr. Daniel Tims from Queensland, Australia.
A man living in New South Wales suffered from severe heart failure and was fitted with BIVACOR's titanium artificial heart, the BIVACOR Total Artificial Heart (TAH), while he was waiting for a heart transplant. Before his surgery in November 2024, the man was in very poor health, struggling to even go to the toilet, and it was thought he might not even survive until the transplant. However, after the artificial heart was implanted, his condition improved and he survived for more than 100 days until the organ transplant.
The BIVACOR TAH was first implanted in Texas, USA, in July 2024, and four other cases have been implanted since then. However, in all five cases, the longest time the artificial heart was implanted was 27 days, making this the first case in the world of a patient being discharged from the hospital with an artificial heart still attached. The man subsequently underwent a heart transplant in March 2025.
The BIVACOR TAH is an artificial heart that 'replicates the blood flow of a healthy heart' by pumping blood with a magnetically suspended impeller that rotates at 2,000 revolutions per minute.
There are no wear parts and the technology is such that it can never fail or 'not fit,' leading surgeon Paul Jantz to describe the BIVACOR TAH as the 'Holy Grail.'
Dr. Tims came up with the idea for the BIVACOR THA when he was a child tinkering with water pumps with his father, a plumber, and his father's death from heart failure was also a driving force behind his decision to create an artificial heart.
The BICAVOR TAH weighs approximately 650g. It has a battery life of four hours, and in the future, it is expected to be possible to charge it simply by placing the charger on your chest, just like smartphones can be charged wirelessly.
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