A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his ...

The BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart has a single moving part – a levitated rotor that’s held in place by magnets. - BiVACOR An Australian man lived for 100 days with an artificial titanium heart while ...

A 10-year-old child survived 24 days on an artificial heart at Ann-Arbor-based University of Michigan Health’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, becoming the first child in Michigan to receive a total ...

For those whose lives have been changed by the need for a prosthetic, these devices offer far more than just physical replacement — they also provide emotional restoration. From artificial limbs ...

French scientists build an artificial heart that beats much like the real thing. PARIS, Oct. 29, 2008 — -- A team of French researchers has developed an artificial heart that resembles and beats ...

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (7News) — An 11-year-old Maryland boy is making medical history after becoming the first person in the world to have an artificial heart valve replaced with a living valve from a ...

L O U I S V I L L E, Ky., July 3 -- An American on the brink of death hasreceived the first self-contained, mechanical heart replacement ina landmark experimental operation. Surgeons from the ...

STORY: CORRECTION: THIS SCRIPT AND EDIT HAS BEEN REFILED TO CORRECT IN THE HEADLINE, STORY AND EDIT THAT THE MAN WAS THE WORLD'S FIRST TO BE DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL WITH A 'TITANIUM TOTAL ARTIFICIAL ...