Department of Health
Every year, over 23 million people around the world suffer from heart failure, but only 6,000 will receive a donor heart.
The MRFF will support a consortium to develop and commercialise the world’s most advanced artificial heart.
The Total Artificial Heart uses state-of-the-art magnetic levitation technology that promises to be durable for more than 10 years. It is small enough to implant in a child, and powerful enough for an adult.
Funding is from the MRFF’s , which supports researchers to pursue big ideas and develop new health and medical breakthroughs.
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