The first completely artificial heart will be available in just another 2.5 years! This would save the life of an estimated 20,000 patients a year. Leading heart transplant specialist Alain Carpentier, said that manufacturing would begin some time in 2011. The device is applicable for patients who have very serious heart conditions or have suffered massive heart attacks, for whom drug therapy or heart transplant have failed.

[source: dailymail.co.uk]