‘Groundbreaking,’ First-in-human total artificial heart implanted inside patient in Houston

THI and BiVACOR announced the successful first-in-human implantation of the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart (TAH) as part of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Early Feasibility Study (EFS) on July 9, 2024.

[AnthonyAllenJr]

This should be bigger news. This is the kind of thing I want to hear and see and invest in, not the next political cycle.

[josephs]

"Sorry, but your insurance company says it's not medically necessary and won't cover it."

[DrDoinks]

Our heart beating 144, 000 times a day and over 52 million times a year is incredible… not even Toyota can build that type of reliability. Wild

[EdwardM]

Wear and tear is built into every biological system. But it shouldn't mean we stop trying.

[mr.griffe]

I hope they release this soon soo many people need this!

[ruuneney]

"as long as its got power"... brings new light to the importance of having backup power.

[Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alot]

Very cool. God bless the engineers, surgeons, and the patient himself!

[ShrekonDVD]

That will be $40, 000, 000 AFTER insurance pays.

[poepflater]

Suffering from ischemic heart disease since my 30s.. hope this becomes an option in real life.

[Providence]

"From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me."

I would love to know what it _sounds_ like. One of the neat things about this concept in the show "Licolice Recoil" is that one of the character's mechanical heart doesn't make beating sounds. I wonder if this makes a continuous whirring or an incremental pulsing or no sound at all.

[JeremiahRamirez]

That is amazing.. Good work doctors.!!!!

[ox]

This is what the world should be doing. But you wont hear much about it.

[playstationking]

Lol we are getting close to the movie repo man

[greatguy]

Awesome tech! And awesome reporting! This reporter did a better job than many on the national news outlets.

[ronxide]

Hell yeah. I'll take this over "thoughts and prayers" any day

[EddieWoodsTexas]

As a heart transplant recipient, I find this amazing!

[mountainmanlife]

For 500k, you too can have a heart! ❤️

[tads]

The irony, man made devices made from the the best materials, whether an artificial heart or hip, can't compete with the longevity of the biological organ.

[arandomguy]

i've been looking forward to bivacor for a while, awesome!

[benbohannon]

“…as long as it’s getting power.”

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