AN AUSTRALIAN man lived for 100 days with an artificial titanium heart, a successful trial that is being celebrated as a sign that the device could potentially offer a long-term option for people suffering from health failure.

The 40-year-old patient, who declined to be named, received BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart, a titanium heart replacement, during surgery at St. Vincent’s Hospital Sydney last Novemver, a report by CNN stated.

The patient with severe heart failure became the first person worldwide to leave hospital with the device.

For an incredible 105 days, the man lived with a fully mechanical heart before a donor organ became available.

Cardiovascular diseases are the world's leading cause of death, claiming about 18 million lives annually, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

BiVACOR founder, Australian bioengineer Daniel Timms, invented the device following his father's death from heart disease.

BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart (TAH) is a titanium device with a single moving part—a magnetically levitated rotor—eliminating valves and mechanical bearings prone to wear.

The device pumps blood to the body and the lungs, replacing both ventricles of a failing heart.

Timms said it was “exhilarating to see decades of work come to fruition.”

The device is still in the trial phase and has not yet received approval for widespread use.(Nikelyn Pahayahay, BiPSU Comm Intern)

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