The Texas Heart Institute Implants BiVACOR® Total Artificial Heart

The Texas Heart Institute (THI) and BiVACOR®, a clinical-stage medical device company, announced today the successful first-in-human implantation of the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart (TAH) as part of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Early Feasibility Study (EFS) on July 9, 2024.
BiVACOR’s TAH is a titanium-constructed biventricular rotary blood pump with a single moving part that utilizes a magnetically levitated rotor that pumps the blood and replaces both ventricles of a failing heart.
Press Release: www.texasheart...
Patient Update: www.texasheart...

[@christophegenbrugge6815]

Well time to turbocharge grandpa

[@erwinzer0]

Seems like not his first 😆

[@DaveS1969]

just hope they dont put a blow out valve in your arse 🤣🤣

[@mousqy]

sandevistan grandpa

[@fjs1111]

LOL! It really looks like a turbo housing haha

[@omdevs]

Hell yea! XD

[@dunrossb]

Grampa was like "From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel."

[@thebutterflyking]

😂😂😂 the snake video gets me everytime

[@MainInternetUser]

More like titanium, it's bio compatible

[@effervescentrelief]

The Blessed Machine kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXzRcoqZjNN9gMU

[@jillybean8587]

No one lives forever. Repent! Jesus is Lord.

[@abyssalczech6719]

Stell RUSTS PLASTIC IS ETERNAL

[@HighBeanz]

Why does BiVACOR sound like such a cyberpunk company as well 😭

[@Randiezorzorzor]

you mean it sounds like an actual cyberware mod replacement for your heart xD

[@HighBeanz]

@@Randiezorzorzor 💀

[@Casey093]

Because if you cross this implant with today's service industry subscription model, where you have to pay for each heart beat and additional feature upgrade, you have exactly that?

[@RogueElement.]

Bruh i fr just finished re-watching Edgerunners on Netflix for the 3rd time... And it's 2 am.. and this beaut pops up on my YT😂 Well well...❤

[@ZeusZar]

It literally Spanish and English chill kid

[@fjlkadsjflkadsfljnsd]

What a brilliant change to artificial hearts . A levitating disk to prevent mechanical wear . Genius

[@xx133]

It’s common in other industries.

[@maddawgzzzz]

I mean if you upscale this you could use the same technology in cars you wouldn’t even need oil changes… And your engine would outlast the frame of the car, most likely running for 600k+ miles. The car companies don’t want this tech in their cars because they would go out of business

[@fohdeesha]

​@@maddawgzzzzthat's not true at all, you don't see this in large machinery like cars because it does not scale. With the power output a typical car needs to move, the magnetic field required to hold a rotor in place would be absolutely massive, it's not feasible. Mag isolation is great however for very small power applications like this

[@dhurdler38]

Very cool tech. Already in use for ventricular assist devices and for ECMO pumps, among other hardware.

[@Tuti23-yt1vw]

Daymn from medicine to engineering lol

[@chriskraus]

Somehow come across this at 4am. These are the things that really break through the “news cycle” and give me hope.

[@captaincaption]

Choose your sources wisely!

[@Pootie_Tang]

Consider not residing in a news cycle =) That's not a good "habitat"

[@Nom2421]

@@Pootie_Tang News cycles are completely fine. Most of us look at them every day and are only better for it. You generally only see massive lies in politics, This schizophrenic suspicion of regular news is ridiculous.

[@Pootie_Tang]

​@@Nom2421 You summed me up wrong, friend. I'm not for being paranoid towards news cycle, but at the same time not for living or being caught up in it. I just meant to say, that seems to me a little bizarre to "live" in a news cycle. And, of course, I wish all people to better themselves in analyzing information, maybe reading some introductory book on formal logic would be a good start, to learn about logical mistakes, manipulation etc. I believe it helps to separate BS from genuine info in mainstream news. But overall I didn't try to spread all around suspicion towards news outlets. Any extreme in this case, as well as in anything, is unhealthy and dangerous.

[@Pootie_Tang]

@@Nom2421 Also, I consider your take "news cycles are completely fine" to be an example of said extreme. Completely fine? OK =)

[@VladKov36]

7:16 "so the patient can be...portable" is some top tier delivery

[@raaedirfan7288]

sorry my battery died😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@Matt_10203]

This is the sort of medical development that we have been sorely needing for a long time. Well done to everyone on the team involved in developing and completing the implantation.

[@mistycloud4455]

at best it would not last 1 month let alone 20 to 40 years

[@Ninja76100]

@@mistycloud4455source: dude trust me

[@Bandgeek601]

If I had a nickel for every time someone wrote this generic comment or anything analogous to it, I would be Warren Buffet.

[@VampireDrip]

@@mistycloud4455 I'll trust scientists over some idiot in yt comments, thank you.

[@mistycloud4455]

@@VampireDrip lol that comment proves you are dumb and you can't think for yourself

[@hojo70]

The downside is that they have to install a 12 volt car battery inside you and your arteries are fastened in place with radiator hose clamps from a 93 Chevy S10

[@SpookyDookySr]

Better than dying early?

[@ensignofindustry1033]

A Chevy? 🤭

[@maddawgzzzz]

@@SpookyDookySrI guess :(

[@IneptOrange]

So my ripperdoc only charged me $750 for my oil change because I'm his best customer.

[@felixwallace5041]

Ha!!

[@Egonzales85]

Aside from the humorous comments, this is miraculous. As a nurse, and person that has familial Hx of CHF this can and will change many lives in the coming future. I’m simply astonished.

[@Idontknowanything000]

I will always be amazed at these creative wizards who draw up these technologies and make them a reality.

[@caralho5237]

Heres the weird thing: They actually enjoy doing this

[@aidanw6725]

Well it is purposeful work that will help change the lives of many. So it makes sense that they enjoy it and take pride in such creative inovation. Its amazing technology who wouldnt be excited ​@caralho5237

[@georgegarvey7338]

I'm old enough to remember the 1st artificial heart. The Jarvics 7.

[@russulpeter8724]

I am happy that you still have your genuine heart

[@georgegarvey7338]

@@russulpeter8724 Thank you.

[@kingmatai8662]

That’s amazing, can’t imagine what it felt like to experience such a profound leap in technological progress with the first ever artificial heart

[@georgegarvey7338]

@@kingmatai8662 To me wife & me, it's very profound.

[@Night_Monkey]

And we still can't replace a bad disc in the spine. The best answer I've gotten so far is, "pain is just a part of your life now. You'll learn how to adjust to it." I'm 40. I don't need to adjust and live with the pain, I need it fixed.

[@rogerveid2270]

The spine is infinitely more complicated. The CNS is responsible for evertbing

[@MosheMosheMouse]

Agree…and why won’t ortho docs bravely step up and invent better internal fixation for adolescent scoliosis that doesn’t use permanently debilitating bone fusions? Or produce a better internal fixation device for scoliosis with the intent of removal when the adolescent patient’s height ceases? I guess it’s not important enough for the ortho docs to bravely step up and try new better ways of inventing because they think it just doesn’t rate as “severely limiting” to the patient’s quality of life later… But, I can personally affirm…it does.

[@VerdantBBX]

Contact and discuss things with Alex Tubio. If it can be fixed, he's one of the most capable of understanding how.

[@somnuswaltz5586]

Okay Einstein, let's see YOU find a solution since nobody else can 😂😂😂

[@ulysseschaslus2048]

If they could they would. Technology just isn’t there yet and it’s a very delicate area making a mistake there could mean paralysis. That being said I’ve heard anecdotal advice from a brain surgeon that the best things you can do for pain are improve general quality of life, this means eat well sleep well exercise well and have good social connections. Good luck with your pain hopefully they’ll be able to bridge the gap soon and find a solution.

[@Richard_the_V]

A big step forward, allowing more time to get needed parts.

[@anastrixnoodles]

so sweet that he had a friend to sign him up for something, knowing he did not sign up for anything yet. brilliant men ❤

[@fish97826]

This is beyond amazing, what a time to be alive

[@turtlesofog5459]

how energetic these young doctors are!!GOD!! REALLY INSPIRING

[@section8usmc53]

"The nearly 6 hour procedure..." Wow. That is super impressive. Myself and countless others have had surgeries that long that weren't nearly as critical. Outstanding work. I get that it was top surgeons, but even so, wow.

[@dandymcgee]

Dr. Frazier is such a great storyteller.. I could listen to him speak for hours.

[@apexkilla]

Really?? I could barely sit through his story. It was almost as bad as listening to Biden.

[@KaraokeKarsten]

@@apexkilla you are just delusional. Have you changed the medical field? Don't think so.

[@JoeARedHawk275]

@@apexkillaSounds like you’re a sore loser who has never wanted to achieve anything

[@Nthsey]

⁠10:14 “that elevator is still there actually.” Some would say it’s a useless detail, I think it’s shows a rather cool eye for detail in a man of his advanced position. Do you think you’d remember an elevator you had a conversation in front of 60 years ago?!

[@TehMadCow]

⁠@@KaraokeKarstenthere’s nothing “delusional” & he doesn’t have to be a medical professional to have an opinion about the way a medical professional speaks, I thought of Biden for a moment too while listening because he started out with the classic grandpa style rambling, but he’s not as bad as Biden gets. His contributions to the medical field don’t mean his storytelling abilities in his elderly years can’t be criticized. He has a funny old man voice & a casual way of public speaking, I still understood everything he said & that doesn’t diminish his accomplishments, he’s a doctor not a professional speech giver it’s ok, to some it will be endearing to others it will be annoying to listen to

[@sssstrada]

So we might be having turbocharged humans before GTA6

[@wishfulclosureforanoddfuture]

Just stfu about 6 already

[@H4FIZS]

Take care of your health guys! Eat good, rest good, exercise good. Our existing heart and organs can last 100 years if they are taken care of.

[@asiamies9153]

Not true for most people. Heart-affecting diseases happen even with perfect health

[@zoopinbopeep8340]

@@asiamies9153 ??? can, but not often

[@Itsmeimagoblin]

Also genetics

[@passionatebeast24]

​@@asiamies9153 yes but you can lower the chances. Do your through research on this topics mentioned as it is vital.

[@DeepDarkier]

human body was never "intended" to last 100 years

[@brianmbugua4193]

you can feel the passion in their demeanor

[@delayed_control]

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine.

[@kylethompson1379]

speak forth the litany of retribution, and deliver unto the enemy the wrath of the Omnissiah.

[@BaldManVisuals]

What an amazing invention! Respect to all the people who created it.

[@jan939]

why is this getting recommended to me? But my dad has kind of a bad heart so ill give it a watch

[@phatec]

Clocks and watches are a wonderful thing, they show that mechanical units can run non-stop.

[@DDryTaste]

Yes but the key difference is that a clock or watch doesn't involve large mechanical stresses like pumping 5.5 liters of blood through a meat sponge.

[@Im_Rainrot]

Go invent something that moves 4.9 Liters of blood every minute for a lifetime all on its own

[@rogerveid2270]

It’s all about sealing it from the environment. Like our cells do, beyond their ability to replace and repair themselves.

[@DaveS1969]

when ya all can clean out a completely clogged rca without stents let me know :P Fantastic job everyone, with everyone in my family dying or have died from heart failure this is fantastic news i hope that this can become mainstream sooner than later. Hell i would love to jump in on the trial i pump at 20% with my rca completely blocked full of stents lol. But my heart decided to grow 2 new pathways around the rca so im not dead yet 🤣

[@le13579]

Good job heart!

[@barfy4751]

Or pig heart

[@tander101]

Damn, that's a very troublesome experience. I wonder, does nutrition help at all?

[@mfarland95]

Won't need an RCA if you have a cyborg heart!!

[@jimmyjohnny5661]

Esselstyn diet

[@CV-br1eu]

I applied here a few months ago, this is so cool, engineering that will save and enrich billions of lives over the centuries, decades in the making, AMAZING!

[@jimdres7000]

Go Australia & Daniel Timms PHd , the true genius and inventor of this artificial and first ever valveless heart..Another amazing invention and present to the world by an Australian pioneer.

[@allanrajensingh2256]

This is a great achievement. Warmest greetings from South Africa.❤

[@brandonyoung-kemkes1128]

The sound a loan of the heart beating, feels like the first step on many journeys in both the medical and robotic field.

[@bamvideos514]

This will be so useful for so many people

[@Mori]

Amazing technology. Great job guys!

[@somnuswaltz5586]

No likes for you pos 😂

[@NiekKuijpers]

We need more people like this! people who progress our society(s)!!! Bravo

[@UserUser-zc6fx]

Finally. The world has been waiting forever for this. Now insurance companies all over America can deny people of their deathbeds from getting this device 👍👍👍

[@matthewroberts785]

Reminds me of how brushless motors work with the magnets. Seems like an elegant solution that will be much more reliable than a mechanical motor with moving parts.

[@hchattaway]

One of my favorite movies was a movie called "Threshold" with Donald Sutherland and Jeff Goldblum. Sutherland played a heart surgeon and goldblum was a biomedical engineer who invented a totally implantable heart that worked exactly as this now real device does! In the movie from 1981(!), a young heart patient needed a new heart and they implanted the device that worked exactly like this... It had a rotary pump in it, no bladders that were imitating a real heart... And here it is 44 years later, and that idea is now a reality! Just amazing work from some genius engineers and doctors!

[@michaelgehrmann5331]

Awesome work Danno. A lifetimes work showing a result finally!!

[@istem9922]

i will do surgery like this in future :)

[@sjnelson51]

Thank you, wonderful docs and researchers. We so appreciate your dedication and efforts that are so inspiring to the rest of us.

[@343RuinedHalo]

I need this as my CPU waterpump.

[@nycheeseburger1011]

Immediately thought of that commercial from Robocop.

[@MyNomDePlume]

7:57 "we've been working down in the basement" I can relate to that. I was working in a basement of a university on neural network software for an artificial heart in 1997. Things have come a long way.

[@Edwardthefamily]

Its always that basement with poor airflow and thermal regulations that produces the best science in the most prestigious of universities

[@StarCrusher.]

Being in the basement is a great motivator for producing something truly great so you can escape that dark hole.

[@electrifyingvids3545]

This is an amazing progression in medical technology! Bravo doctors!

[@UberVike]

These are awesome, I actually got one implanted last week. I feel better than I ever have for a decade. I'm even plan

[@kaisouseru2466]

O no

[@schmarcel4238]

So happy to hear that you're plan! Good luck for the future! I got one implanted myself and I am so

[@mikakettunen7939]

I had also with custom matte black paint + subwoofer + WiFi range extender - subwoofer adjusts to my natural pulse and kicks my heart out when syncing with any metal music tracks \,,/ SERIOUSLY speaking - this is legit so beautiful and cool invention and breakthrough honestly

[@MS-37]

A heart transplant? Hope you’re well

[@hfarthingt]

and...he dyed

[@known3617]

Jesus Christ, these guy already got plans to remove the tether and battery pack to plug in like an actual cyborg.

[@berrycrepes]

Bravo to the THI Bivacor team, and medical professionals alike. This is wonderful news.

[@rockstar-5934]

American healthcare: That will be five million dollars please

[@andrew9360]

Great birthday gift for that guy!

[@suzannejoyk]

Thank you I feel hope now for a future

[@GoDodgers1]

Why? You won't be able to afford it.

[@drakker2116]

@@GoDodgers1 How do you know ?

[@HuanLeVuong]

@@drakker2116 real heart transplant cost over 1.500.000 USD in US. this one should take at least 500.000 USD.

[@suzannejoyk]

@@GoDodgers1 I live in Australia

[@IstyManame]

@@GoDodgers1 hello dum dum

[@Craftahan]

Let’s charge a ridiculous amount of money for it too😊bc it’s life saving

[@danaolsongaming]

One step closer to Repo Man.

[@ClassicEber]

Gives a new level to that feeling of not being able to find a power outlet when it's not your phone that's about to die.

[@kamcio9495]

AMERICA LETS GO CYBERPUNK ripper lets replace my heart with that supercharger from walmart

[@elc2k385]

Man, this is just amazing. Sure there may be issues with the device, but I am still awed just looking at it.

[@theamazingworld8081]

Wow that's great achievement in medical history ❤

[@orlandogoodwin2823]

I'm Suffering from Advance Congested Heart Failure. I think this is amazing for especially when it come available for all people who needs a new Heart. I would love to be an patient getting this new divce. #IWANNALIVE

[@LeadRakFPS]

All I can think of is the movie Repo Men. Better make those artificial heart payments or they’ll come back and take it.

[@emca1597]

We're a step closer into becoming a cyborg, does that mean, that whoever receives the implant is 5% cyborg now?

[@mistahsusan2650]

i guess the real cyborg implants was the friends we made along the way.

[@aloofbit338]

idk why i got this recommended but i enjoyed learning about your artificial heart work. this is exciting for future!!

[@prathamesh4293]

This is a historic achievement 👏 🎉

[@Arcadiez]

Does it include a turbo? How often do i need to come in for an oil change? how long is the warranty? Will it rust during the winter months? Jokes aside, if this truly is successful than you guys might save millions of lives. Heart diseases is one of the leading cause of death.. Kudos well done!

[@aidandedecker4246]

So glad all these black women could come together to make our world 🌎 a safer place we truly are in there debt 🥹

[@guilhermesoaresyoutube]

incredible, long live science!

[@stagger9660]

Long live the human body

[@Arffff03]

This is truly amazing, but probably not going to be accessible to those who need it…

[@Neront90]

This is not an artificial heart, but a portable life support system. It is very impressive. But I think that until we come up with a fully autonomous heart (possibly with nuclear batteries or artificial mitochondrion) people will still prefer organic transplants

[@Neront90]

@ChristianXavier-dq8ld We have become m*d and st**id as a culture. If the wheel were invented today, we would continue to drag everything along the ground because that one time a cart rolled down a mountain and k***ed several people.

[@haramsaddam238]

It can still be an invaluable lifesaver as a stopgap until a donor can be found or we find out how to grow viable organs with stem cells

[@Neront90]

We can 100% grow perfect good organs is called cloning. We don't do it because of ethical problems. But in the same time many places allow abortion on 8-9 months. Strange times

[@Jag0h]

Getting one step closer to Rimworld...

[@Spazticspaz]

Cool I can pump up the test now.

[@TheFreenie]

Glad I have always trusted science!!!! That God for these geniuses!!! So many lives will be saved!!!! ❤❤❤

[@HeresiaX]

Praise the Omnissiah!

[@amrithehar6797]

Man of Steel “literally “

[@konignickerchen7265]

I choose to believe that whenever your BPM goes above 120 with that thing in you, your chest starts whistling.

[@WolfHeathen]

This, combined with NeuraLink and other marvelous innovations, we're witnessing the beginning of the age of cyborgs.

[@dr.emmettbrown9359]

Humanity is doomed

[@BrucesRobots]

@@dr.emmettbrown9359 we are literally improving and saving lives. How in your small monkey brain is this a bad thing? "ThE GoVeRnMeNt cAn JuSt ShUt YoU OfF" please explain why this is a bad thing.

[@slorgdulschmodus]

I just want to become a toaster

[@le13579]

​@@slorgdulschmodusA huge opportunity for you to become the first ever toaster that works.

[@aerball]

No thanks elon.

[@bossssssist]

get an engineering team in there and coach them

[@dragonfly4470]

This is insane. Im speechless.

[@Sentient.Booger]

I love how they keep forgetting to mention that Daniel Timms is Australian 🇦🇺👍

[@Tommy-gc7us]

Can’t wait to pay the dlc for my heart to pump for 10 more days in the future

[@colin_g]

INSERT COIN(S) TO CONTINUE

[@Nikkattsu]

I would like to give special thanks to Ancel Keys and Dr. Kellogg. Without them, this technology would never have been discovered. 👏👏👏👏

[@93hothead]

Curious as to how many physical activities the patient can do? Can they go skydiving? Snowboarding? Or even running?

[@slarx2476]

2am recomendations are something

[@thebearded_guardian3671]

With the mention of potentially being a device kept in lieu of transplantation - I have two questions: How do we monitor hemodynamics? Do the same rules apply? What’s different and how do we, as a critical care community, adapt to it? Second: assuming a patient, whom of which is living with this device, returns to an Emergency Department for a condition that requires MRI and radiographic studies, such as CVA. Are we safe to complete mRI/mRA? Are they contrast safe? I have many more questions - such any increased risk of coagulopathy? Thanks.

[@le13579]

I speculate that the metal won't be magnetic.

[@thebearded_guardian3671]

@@le13579 I would speculate that as well, but this device uses magnesium, would MRI interfere with that?

[@fairextl]

Considering the device uses magnetic levitation and motor technology in general, there would be no way to not use metal, or any material that is magnetically inert for that matter. So I'm guessing no MRIs for these patients, only radiation imaging.

[@qrzone8167]

@@fairextl I'm curious about this as well. There are plenty of materials that are electromagnetic, but would never interact with a magnetic field without electricity. However I have no idea if such materials are suitable to be inside the human body.

[@dallasgombash5381]

@@qrzone8167 You can get an MRI with pacemakers (made after 2000), titanium orthopedics, etc

[@FloofyTanker]

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine. Your kind cling to your flesh, as though it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude biomass you call a temple will wither, and you will beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved, for the Machine is immortal… Even in death I serve the Omnissiah.

[@coyotetu]

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the blessed machine.

[@lairheron9489]

I like how they all look like they just stepped out of the surgery room from installing one.

[@Darkermatter8]

was hoping for a real video but see a well orchestrated corporate pitch, with surgical grubs and all. Truly kudos to the docs as they have really achieved amazing progress which I will soon be in need of, but come on, you can see the uncomfortable body language, these geniuses are not in for the money but cant work without it :-$

[@Craftahan]

Imagine not knowing the device is in the patients chest and hear that 😂 😂.

[@palazzolo85]

God bless all of you! Amazing work! 💪🏻

[@tocube1]

tell God to make hearts that won't fail

[@Omninfinity]

~One step closer to the RimWorld universe~

[@c9k]

Cheers to old mate Howard for delaying his nap for this.

[@RevHollyDeviAlsop]

Human beings are incredible❤

[@sammysamMZB]

Watching this from Kenya as a young doctor, this is great news! I'd be remisced to not acknowledge how many light years we are from these feats on this side of the world but I know I'll be working on hearts in my future.

[@le13579]

I imagine things are a lot better than they used to be in Kenya?

[@kingjames4886]

that's amazing. how long til they start "re-posessing" them when people stop paying for them?

[@Oxygenationatom]

When i saw this video my chest area felt weird, ik a replaceable heart is awesome. But i have the feeling that you the would feel the metal in you. And that would be strange slightly.

[@KVenturi]

This is amazing salute to the doctors and engineers to make this happen

[@brycehilde7363]

You should all be proud. Good work.

[@gulsmvlogs4170]

It is a very big news in medial field!

[@NSMSplqsh]

im hapy they can do that but pissed cause im paralyzed because of a missing piece of my spinal cord youd think that is easier to make an artificial spinal cord than functioning heart

[@bettysmith4527]

Keep up hope, they are working on that! Honestly making a functioning nerve is WAY harder than making a functional heart.

[@lolbots]

neuralink is coming for ya, bub

[@Dodomba]

try shrooms

[@Majik260]

i wonder if they could 3d print or grow a heart one day but this will be great to keep people alive until they can get a transplant

[@warsin8641]

CYBERTRUCK HEART!!!!

[@JamesJones-d4g]

I always thought it was strange that artificial hips and limbs etc were never better than the original. You’d think they’d make you stronger.

[@superandy4100]

It will be really interesting to see a comprison between Bivacor and Scandinavian Real Heart. Right now the stock value of Real Heart is like a hot dog stand, but it looks very promising.

[@williamsnake6352]

insane, this is amazing!!!