• 10/21/2016: Press Release Jarvik Heart Receives FDA Approval for Clinical Trial of Miniature Heart Assist Device for Infants and Children https...
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  • Robert Jarvik and the Artificial Heart.
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  • On December 1, 1982, William DeVries implanted the Jarvik-7 artificial heart into Barney Clark, a retired dentist from Seattle who had severe congestive heart failure.
  • A person awaiting a heart transplant was running out of time, so the medical team, led by Sir Terence English, decided to implant an artificial heart, the Jarvik-7.
  • The study found that the total artificial heart Jarvik-7 is a safe and efficient substitute for the human heart in patients that are awaiting heart transplantation.
  • One of the 80s greatest products in science was the invention of Jarvik-7, the first successful artificial heart implanted on a human being.
  • A Jarvik total artificial heart device (Symbion Inc., Salt Lake City, UT) consists of two independent ventricles, each with a pneumatically driven diaphragm.
  • (AP) _ The Jarvik-7 artificial heart is a plastic and titanium assembly roughly the size and weight of the human heart.
  • The first artificial heart for humans was invented and patented in the 1950s, but it wasn't until 1982 that a working artificial heart, the Jarvik-7...
  • The artificial heart attaches directly to the natural one. Named for its designer, Dr. Robert K. Jarvik, it was used as a permanent implant for five patients from 1982...