Key Takeaways Dr. Robert Jarvik created the first artificial heart used in humans He… — Dr. Robert Jarvik, the man behind the world’s first permanent artificial heart used … In later years, Jarvik helped create smaller heart devices called ventricular assist …

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Artificial heart pioneer, Robert Jarvik, dies at 79 Robert Jarvik, the biomedical innovator … behind the first permanent artificial heart implanted … prominence in 1982 when the Jarvik-7 heart — a device he designed …

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… said Dr Paul Jansz, the cardiothoracic surgeon who implanted the device … dentist received a Jarvik-7 artificial heart, designed by Dr Robert Jarvik, and survived 112 … days. Robert Jarvik with the Jarvik …