He worked with a team at the University of Utah to create a mechanical heart. It was later used in patients awaiting an organ ...

The U.S. FDA’s decision to grant breakthrough device designation for Bivacor Inc.’s titanium total artificial heart (TAH) ...

The New York Times reported last week that Dr. Robert K. Jarvik, who led the development of the first artificial heart, ...

In a groundbreaking medical achievement, the first fully mechanical heart developed by BiVACOR has been successfully implanted in a human patient. This milestone marks a significant advancement in ...

In a medical first, a man in Australia survived 100 days with no biological heart—only a titanium device pumping blood through his body. This isn’t science fiction—it’s the reality of cutting-edge ...

He lived for 112 days before dying from multi-organ failure ... and can be used for earlier stages of heart failure. Not all artificial hearts generate a pulse. Artificial hearts with a pulse ...

The Emeritus Professor of Cardiac Pharmacology at Imperial College London never ceases to be amazed by this organ and its reliability ... advanced research in augmenting the heart through implantable ...

The patient lived for eight days with the artificial organ until he received a donor’s heart. “I’m incredibly proud to witness the successful first-in-human implant of our Total Artificial ...

Dr. Robert Jarvik, who was a key designer of the first permanent artificial heart implanted in a human, died on Monday in his ...