Artificial hearts made from magnets and titanium:

Heart failure affects over 10 million people in the US and Europe every year and the outlook for patients is often bleak. Medication can only control the condition for so long and most patients require a complete heart transplant. And, others are waiting for their donor.

The Heart is a complex system of artificial pumps and valves – required to beat over 100,000 times a day and tens of millions of times a year – get worn out, meaning mechanical hearts can start to fail even more rapidly than the diseased hearts they replace.

BiVACOR;

The device uses a single spinning disc to drive blood to the lungs and body. With the high-tech rotary pump levitating between magnets, there’s virtually zero mechanical wear. The lack of other moving parts means the rest of the heart can be made from ultra-robust titanium.