Doctors Put Artificial Heart Called BiVACOR In Man, He Stays Alive For One Hundred Days

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  • A man in Australia has received an artificial heart implant which was developed to help people with heart failure
  • The man, who is in his 40s suffered heart failure and was due to receive a donor human heart before the artificial heart was tested on him
  • The device, called BiVACOR helped the man to live another 100 days before a donor human heart became available for him

Medical doctors in Australia successfully tested an artificial heart called BiVACOR on a human patient.

The patient, who declined to be identified, suffered from heart failure in his 40s and he was waiting for a donor's heart.

A patient in Australia survives with an artificial heart for 100 days. Photo credit: Getty Images/ dragana991 and BiVACOR. Man's image for illustration only.Source: UGC

Before a donor heart became available, the man was implanted with the BiVACOR device which helped pump blood throughout his body the same way a human heart would.

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  • Reports say he is the first person in the world to walk out of a hospital with a total artificial heart implant and who stayed alive with it for that length of time.

    He lived with the device for over 100 days before he received a human heart in March 2025.

    The BiVACOR was invented by Dr Daniel Timms who is from Queensland, Australia.

    It is the world’s first implantable rotary blood pump that can act as a complete replacement for a human heart.

    The BiVACOR uses magnetic levitation technology to replicate the natural blood flow of a healthy heart, helping the recipient to maintain bodily functions.

    Dr Daniel Timms holds the BiVACOR artificial heart which he invented. Photo credit: BiVACOR.Source: UGC

    However, it is still in its early stages of development and can only act as a stopgap before a real human heart is donated and implanted.

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    The patient, who is from Australia was implanted with the device on November 22 at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney.

    The surgery took six hours and was led by the cardiothoracic and transplant surgeon Paul Jansz.

    Jansz said he was privileged to be part of the historic transplant.

    He stated:

    “We’ve worked towards this moment for years and we’re enormously proud to have been the first team in Australia to carry out this procedure."

    Prof Chris Hayward, a cardiologist at St Vincent Hospital said the BiVACOR is going to transform the treatment of heart failure, worldwide.

    His words:

    “The BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart ushers in a whole new ball game for heart transplants, both in Australia and internationally. Within the next decade, we will see the artificial heart becoming the alternative for patients who are unable to wait for a donor heart or when a donor heart is simply not available.”

    Lady gets pregnant for medical doctor

    In a related story reported by Legit.ng, a Nigerian lady said she once contacted a doctor to help her prescribe some malaria medication, but things later became romantic.

    The lady said she was feeling feverish one night and needed the attention of a doctor, so she messaged one in her contact list.

    However, the lady said she had gotten pregnant for the man and she had given birth to a baby after the malaria treatment.

    Proofreading by Nkem Ikeke, copy editor at Legit.ng.

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