Australian man survives 100 days with artificial heart in world-first success

Sydney surgeons ‘enormously proud’ after patient in his 40s receives the Australian-designed implant designed as a bridge before donor heart

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The article does have some neat details in it.

The special "first" thing here is that he was discharged from hostipal while he still had the articifial heart.

The 4 hour battery life feels like it would be a drag but it's a testament to the amount of work our hearts do.

Very impressive regardless!
- 4 hours is a bit tricky indeed. I hope developments in battery tech can help a bit with this. Also curious about the price tag. Still indeed very impressive and pretty cool.
To be clear, the man is still alive, with a donor heart replacing his mechanical one.
This thing looks so steampunk.