All heart: doc turns Bunnings pipe into medical marvel

Dr Daniel Timms with the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart
Daniel Timms built the first model for an artificial heart using pipes from hardware giant Bunnings. -PR IMAGE

It might look like it comes out of a 1974 Datsun, but a revolutionary artificial heart with the potential to save thousands of lives would still be a pipe dream without government investment.

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