Patient has bionic heart for 100 days, leaves hospital
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Photo caption: BiVACOR founder and CTO Daniel Timms tests the artificial heart. Photo credit: BiVACOR. Article by Michael Franco. New Atlas – March 14, 2025.
A man has lived for more than 100 days with an artificial maglev heart working inside his chest. In a landmark moment, he was discharged earlier this year, becoming the first person in the world to leave the hospital with the device embedded in his body. On July 26 of last year, we reported that the first maglev artificial heart made by the BiVACOR company […]