In world first, man leaves hospital with titanium heart. The BiVACOR implant worked for 105 days while he awaited a human transplant. By Andrew Paul. Published Mar 14, 2025 11:49 AM EDT.

Just as the Palladium-powered arc reactor kept Marvel superhero Iron Man alive, a 58-year-old man in the United States was kept alive by a Titanium heart. In a groundbreaking medical achievement ...

Medical technology company BiVACOR built the heart made of titanium, which works on the same scientific principle as high-speed magnetic levitation (MagLev) trains.

LIFESCIENCES02-19-2006_007_MJM.jpg Xray technologist Rene Ortiz (left) and RN Melody Benson prepare heart patient Michael Haney of Gustine, California.