An Australian man lived for 100 days with an artificial titanium heart while he awaited a donor transplant, the longest period to date of someone with the technology.

An Australian man made history by living for 100 days with an artificial titanium heart while awaiting a donor transplant, according to a March 12 report by CNN. The patient, in his 40s, underwent surgery at St Vincent's Hospital Sydney in November 2024 and reportedly became the first person worldwide to leave the hospital with the device in February.

For decades, replacing a failing human heart meant waiting—often desperately—for a donor. But in a hospital in Sydney, that paradigm has begun to shift. Last November, surgeons at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney implanted the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart in a critically ill patient.

An Australian man lived for 100 days with an artificial titanium heart while he awaited a donor transplant, the longest period to date of someone with the technology.Accordingg to CNN, a man in his 40s who declined to be identified,

An Australian man has become the first person in the world to leave hospital with a totally artificial implanted heart

A man from Australia has become the first patient in the world to receive a completely artificial heart, enabling him to survive for over 100 days

Australia's first durable artificial heart implant has been deemed a success after the recipient lived with it for over 100 days before receiving a transplant.