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In a highly anticipated world-first, the Texas Heart Institute has successfully implanted an artificial titanium heart that uses the same technology as bullet trains to pump blood mechanically throughout the body.
By PA/TPN, in North America, World, Health · 10 Aug 2024, 15:31 · 0 Comments
Called the Total Artificial Heart (TAH), the feat is seen as a major step in keeping people alive for longer periods while they wait for their heart transplants.
Texas Heart partnered with the medical tech company BiVACOR to create TAH, which is a titanium-constructed biventricular rotary blood pump with a single moving part that utilises a magnetically levitated rotor that pumps the blood and replaces both ventricles of a failing heart.
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