The object
Daniel Timms invented the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart, which uses a magnetically levitated rotor to provide continuous blood flow for people with biventricular heart failure. BiVACOR identifies Timms as founder and chief technical officer, and its FDA-approved early-feasibility study followed first-in-human implantation in 2024.
What Daniel did
Invented the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart, a magnetically levitated rotary-blood-pump replacement for both heart ventricles.
Why it matters
The device reached first-in-human use in 2024 and advances a compact total-heart replacement architecture with a single magnetically levitated moving part.
Living-status check
BiVACOR's current team page identifies Timms as founder and Chief Technical Officer, and the Australian Society for Medical Research named him its 2025 Medallist.