A team of engineers from private medical company Bivacor have been working hard since 2001 on building a bionic heart that can allow cardiac patients to stay alive, according to a recent IEEE Spectrum ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- As the geriatric population is expected to balloon in the coming decade, so too will rates of heart disease in the United States. The demand for prosthetic heart valves and other ...

A revolutionary pacemaker that re-establishes the heart’s naturally irregular beat is set to be trialled in New Zealand heart patients this year, following successful animal trials. “Currently, all ...

More than 50 years ago, a doctor implanted the first mechanical heart pump, also known as a ventricular assist device (VAD), in the chest of a patient whose heart couldn’t pump blood on its own. Since ...

The 14-year research project, involving clinicians and engineers from The Alfred hospital and led by The Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane, successfully implanted the device in a sheep in January.

For people who are having irregular heartbeats, a pacemaker is usually the recommended device to solve this health problem. As its name suggests, it regulates the heartbeat's pace to maintain the ...

Tycoon Games, developers of several award-winning dating sim and visual novels, has announced that its upcoming title “Bionic Heart” has now entered closed beta stage. “With Bionic Heart I wanted to ...