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Australian man successfully receives titanium heart after 6-hour operation. (www.abc.net.au)
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In short:

A mechanical heart has been implanted in a New South Wales man who was experiencing severe heart failure.

He has become the first person in the world to be discharged from hospital with the titanium heart.

What's next?

Doctors say the invention will likely be an alternative for donor heart transplants in the future.

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[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 57 points 9 hours ago (11 children)

From the article...

It is powered by an external rechargeable battery that connects to the heart via a wire in the patient's chest.

The battery lasts four hours and then alerts the patient that a new battery is needed.

[–] trashboat@midwest.social 18 points 6 hours ago

I’m imagining some sort of an Iron Man situation

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