Medical science has made remarkable progress in recent decades. Earlier, when an organ in the body was damaged, the only option was an organ transplant from another person. But now, artificial organs ...

In a remarkable leap forward for cardiac care, French medical device company Carmat has introduced the Aeson artificial heart. This is a total artificial heart engineered to last a lifetime, ...

Credit: Getty Images A discussion of the history and future of artificial heart technology with Dr Francisco Arabia and Dr Jack Renfrew’s experience with an artificial heart transplant. In May 2025, ...

When Landon Shaw was 16, a big, bulky machine sat by his bed. Twelve-foot hoses with attachments connected to both sides of his heart, pushing air to pump blood throughout his body, making a loud ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — It’s incredibly rare for doctors to rely on artificial hearts, but for 22-year-old Tommy Janes and his family, that technology became the only thing standing between life and ...

"I was scared to death because I didn't have a heart for months." A man surviving without a real heart got a lucky break -- ...

To be able to observe the blood flow in the artificial heart in real time in the MRI, the researchers an Linköping University had to build a full-scale model of the human circulatory system. Using ...

A fully implantable, titanium total artificial heart (TAH) from Bivacor of Huntington Beach, CA, has received Breakthrough Device Designation from FDA as a bridge to transplant (BTT) for adults with ...

GOLD COAST, Australia & HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BiVACOR®, a clinical-stage medical device company, today announced $13 million (USD) awarded from the Australian Government’s Medical ...

Carmat, the French company behind the world’s most advanced total artificial heart, Aeson, has been ordered into liquidation by the Versailles Economic Activities Court. Once hailed as a breakthrough ...

Robert Jarvik, who developed the first artificial heart to be permanently implanted in a human — a breakthrough that captured the world’s imagination even as it triggered debates about medical ethics ...