Perhaps this title was initially Reuters' error? Their current headline reads, "France's Carmat implants its first artificial heart in human".
This sounds like a big first step for this company, though as other commenters have noted, this is certainly not the first artificial heart implanted in a human.
Certainly, if there were a viable long-term replacement that didn't require people to become brain dead so that others could get a heart transplant, that would be a major boon to humanity. And a 5-year bridge, if the hopes for the lifetime of this device pan out, would be a major forward step.
This sounds like a big first step for this company, though as other commenters have noted, this is certainly not the first artificial heart implanted in a human.
Certainly, if there were a viable long-term replacement that didn't require people to become brain dead so that others could get a heart transplant, that would be a major boon to humanity. And a 5-year bridge, if the hopes for the lifetime of this device pan out, would be a major forward step.