the first-in-human implantation of the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart (TAH). The titanium heart uses magnetic levitation - or maglev - technology with the same principle used in high-speed trains.

Magnetic levitation, or ‘maglev’ technology harnesses ... artificial heart powered by maglev technology in the chest of a human patient who is awaiting a life-saving organ transplant.

Rosensweig, R. E., Nestor, J. W., and Timmins, R. S., Paper 5.14, British Institute of Chemical Engineers/American Institute of Chemical Engineers Joint Meeting ...

A new study published in Applied Physics Letters highlights how researchers have made huge breakthroughs in magnetic levitation, the use of magnets to cause items to levitate in air for extended ...