- As a matter of fact, the original Utah Artificial Heart [Jarvik-7] is almost exactly the same as the Total Artificial Heart being used today.
- After he earned his M.A he began work as an assistant design engineer at the University of Utah. This job eventually led to the invention of the Jarvik-7 Artificial Heart.
- On November 13, 1979, Robert Jarvik received a patent for his "total artificial hearts and cardiac assist devices powered and controlled by reversible...
- - Jarvik 2000. Profiles the man who was responsible for inventing the first artificial heart.
- The artificial heart could pump blood through the body at 40 to 120 pulses per minute, but it replaced the telltale heartbeat with a soft clicking sound followed by a...
- Jarvik-7 — Jar·vik 7 jär vik sev ən n an air driven artificial heart that remains tethered to an external console after implantation and that was formerly implanted in...
- The CardioWest total artificial heart is an excellent bridge-to-transplant device for patients with biventricular failure.
- On December 2, 1982, Barney Clark became the first individual to receive the Jarvik-7 artificial heart in an operation performed by Dr. DeVries.
- Two rubber diaphragms, designed to mimic the pumping action of the natural heart, were kept beating by an external compressor that was connected to the implant...
- Artificial heart from The Jarvik Artificial Heart System, donated by The Papworth Hospital, c1980.