Scientists are on the brink of creating a bionic heart to replace transplants. — -- Scientists at the Texas Heart Institute say the perfect bionic heart is within their reach, but it doesn't beat ...

TEL AVIV, Israel, March 14 (UPI) --Scientists at Tel Aviv University created a bionic heart patch that combines organic and electronic parts that could allow doctors to monitor patients' heart ...

Scientists at the Texas Heart Institute are working to develop a bionic heart that they say may be the first feasible commercial replacement for the human heart. The device, which is being built by ...

Scientists at the Texas Heart Institute (THI) suggest that BiVACOR, a private company, is on the verge of developing a bionic heart that does not beat. The BiVACOR device could be the first ...

A bionic heart has emerged from the research labs at the Heart Institute in Houston, Texas. The heart is being developed by a team by the name of BiVACOR, and was originally conceived by Daniel Timms, ...

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 ...

FOR eight long months, Gold Coaster Bec Craven wore a mechanical heart in her chest. Then one night it stopped working and the alarm sounded ... literally. Waking, disoriented and with the ringing in ...

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. A revolutionary pacemaker that re-establishes the ...