An artificial heart that has no pulse, & uses magnetic bearings to reduce wear, is expected to have a useful life of up to 20 years. After having been successfully tested in sheep & cows, it is hoped to be ready for human trials by 2018, & to be routinely saving lives by 2020.
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http://bivacor.com/ / world first beatless artificial heart invented invent design Brisbane save saving lives 2020 device similar to a pool pump pass rigorous tests costs millions of dollars Brisbane’s Prince Charles HospitalPCH Foundation appeal raise $5 million ready heart human trials 2018 The Common Good cardiac expert John Fraser pump blend medicine engineering brilliance taking-on evolution alive without a pulse evolution developed pulse we don’t need one pump no pulse spinning disk levitated by magnets Japanese trains levitated by magnets no wear and tear devices support one side of the heart entirely replace the heart this could go for 20 years Professor Fraser electrically powered pump save patients suffering from heart failure largest killer in the 21st century development team device ready to be implanted in heart failure sufferers alternative to donor hearts short supply patients die spare hearts on a shelf invented Brisbane engineer Daniel Timms dying of heart failure his father plumber PhD engineering at Queensland University of Technology funded by a passionate group of doctors engineers PCH Foundation BiVACOR device slept in our lab many times no wages largest donors Texas furniture salesman Jim Mattress Mack McIngvale medical device importer N. Stenning & Co donated $100,000 Australia’s richest people various levels of government receiving $2.5 million from Federally-funded National Health and Medical Research Council NH&MRC wealthy people venture capital Bill Gates cheque books Prince Charles Hospital Foundation CEO Michael Hornby crowd-funding appeal was aimed at raising money from everyday mums and dads commercialised floating a company on the Australian Securities Exchange cost to buy successfully tested on sheep and cows kept alive in a laboratory for up to 50 days euthanased artificial heart technology doctors engineers /
