BiVACOR

BiVACOR® is a clinical-stage medical device company pioneering the development of a long-term therapy for patients with biventricular heart failure.

[BiVACOR @bivacor]

Together with @Texas_Heart, @bcmhouston, and @TXMedCenter, we have successfully completed the first-in-human implantation of the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart as part of the @US_FDA Early Feasibility Study.

Learn more https://t.co/xKOH81c37B

#cardiotwitter #heartfailure

[BCM_Surgery @BCM_Surgery]

“The world has needed an artificial heart forever,” Dr. William Cohn said. “We’ve been chasing this goal since the 1960s, and we are finally at the point where we see it being realized with a device that has the potential to be a permanent solution.”

https://t.co/wwOL4o5JFa

[CatholicHealthAssoc @TheCHAUSA]

.@StLukesHealthTX in Houston has implanted the first @BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart, which may offer hope for patients with end-stage #HeartFailure. @valeriehahn explains in #CatholicHealthWorld 📰: https://t.co/hQXn9myxJ4

#cardiology #healthcare
@commonspirit

[Texas Heart Institute @ Baylor College of Medicine @Texas_Heart]

"With heart failure remaining a leading cause of mortality globally, the @BiVACOR TAH offers a beacon of hope for countless patients awaiting a heart transplant,"
- Dr. Joseph G. Rogers, THI President and CEO

[Tech Times @TechTimes_News]

BiVACOR has a life-changing technology that can extend the lives of patients. With the first fully mechanical heart, a new hope for them awaits. https://t.co/L76ar9tvXf

[Fox News @FoxNews]

Mechanical artificial heart is using high-speed rail tech to keep patients alive https://t.co/G4kVisgJYU

[InnovationMap @InnoMapHou]

Dr. William Cohn is the chief medical officer for BiVACOR, a medical device company creating the first total artificial heart. https://t.co/DFVzqjDMUm

[The Optimist Daily @OdeToOptimism]

In a historic medical achievement, medical professionals completed the first successful in-human implantation of the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart. This breakthrough technology provides new hope to people suffering from end-stage heart failure. https://t.co/6cJgnOCqfZ

[American College of Surgeons @AmCollSurgeons]

ACS Fellows at @Texas_Heart recently led the first successful implantation in a living human of an artificial heart that is powered by magnetic levitation (maglev) technology.

Learn more about the implications of the @bivacor total artificial heart. 🫀 https://t.co/nbd5fBVAk7

[Texas Heart Institute @ Baylor College of Medicine @Texas_Heart]

“The pump actually did exactly what we thought it would, and that is, pump more blood when he got up to exercise,” - Dr. Joseph G. Rogers gives a post-op update after the first implantation of the @BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart.

https://t.co/TgmTDzNLq7

[Cardiology Today @CardiologyToday]

As part of an FDA early feasibility study, a new total artificial heart was implanted in a 57-year-old man with biventricular HF + cardiogenic shock who clinicians were unable to stabilize despite multiple therapies @Texas_Heart #Cardiotwitter

Read more👇
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[Texas Monthly @TexasMonthly]

For the first time ever, the BiVacor heart sat in the chest of a local man who otherwise would have died from heart failure.

Then he got the heart transplant that is keeping him alive today. https://t.co/26BSgx1DWg

[BiVACOR @bivacor]

“This is an amazing advancement as the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart may offer hope for countless patients who suffer from end-stage heart failure." - Dr. Alexis Shafii, Surgical Director of Heart Transplantation at @StLukesHealthTX

📰@Independent
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[IGN @IGN]

Doctors have successfully transplanted a fully mechanical titanium heart inside a human. The heart, from BiVACOR, uses the same Maglev technology that enables high-speed rail travel. Read the full report here: https://t.co/wNGna4WWNb

[CommonSpirit Physician Enterprise @CommonSpiritPE]

Officials from @bcmhouston, @StLukesHealthTX,@BiVACOR and@Texas_Heart discuss the first-in-human total artificial heart implanted inside patient in Houston. https://t.co/LXeeXheMWN

[BiVACOR @bivacor]

The BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart represents a paradigm shift in artificial heart design.

📰 @yankodesign @Nguyen

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[BiVACOR @bivacor]

“It is rewarding to see this result and have the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart perform as expected.” - Dr. Joseph Rogers, President and CEO of @Texas_Heart and National Principal Investigator of the research.

@goodnewsnetwork
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[BiVACOR @bivacor]

We are committed to addressing the global unmet need of patients with end-stage heart failure awaiting transplant by providing the next generation of life-extending solutions.

🤝@Texas_Heart

📰 @UNILAD @UNILADNews @UNILADTECH
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[Texas Heart Institute @ Baylor College of Medicine @Texas_Heart]

As quoted in the @HoustonChron, Dr. William E. “Billy” Cohn compares the evolution of the @BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart to that of an aircraft, "the first airplane without flapping wings."

Thanks to @JulianGi11 at the Houston Chronicle for the feature ⤵️

[BiVACOR @bivacor]

The non-contact suspension of the rotor via MAGLEV is designed to eliminate the potential for mechanical wear and provide large blood gaps that minimize blood trauma, offering a durable, reliable, and biocompatible heart replacement.

📰 @TechSpot
https://t.co/eZ8TTUh3Tm

[Texas Heart Institute @ Baylor College of Medicine @Texas_Heart]

"We are proud to be at the forefront of this medical breakthrough..." - Joseph G. Rogers, M.D. (@JRogersMD1)

📰📷News around the world: https://t.co/PTwpwjkPNX

#cardiovascularhealth #artificialheart