Dr. Robert Jarvik, who was a key designer of the first permanent artificial heart implanted in a human, died on Monday in his ...

The New York Times reported last week that Dr. Robert K. Jarvik, who led the development of the first artificial heart, ...

Key Takeaways Dr. Robert Jarvik created the first artificial heart used in humansHe's died from complications of Parkinson’s ...

Robert Jarvik, who developed the first artificial heart to be permanently implanted in a human — a breakthrough that captured the world’s imagination even as it triggered debates about medical ...

Dr. Robert Jarvik has worked as a spokesperson for the top-selling anti-cholesterol drug Lipitor. Congressional investigators believe a body double was hired to make Jarvik look more athletic in ...

Jarvik says his role in Lipitor ad currently being investigated is educational. Jan. 16, 2008 — -- Robert Jarvik, the inventor of the artificial heart, is at the center of a congressional ...

It's for Lipitor, the cholesterol-lowering drug. The color picture is of Dr. Robert Jarvik, inventor of the artificial heart. Commentator Katie Watson is a medical ethicist. She says that the ...

Robert Jarvik, the artificial heart inventor and doctor spurned by Pfizer as its spokesman for Lipitor yesterday, spoke out in his own defense this afternoon. Jarvik, president and CEO of Jarvik ...

He worked with a team at the University of Utah to create a mechanical heart. It was later used in patients awaiting an organ ...

Dr. Robert Jarvik, Inventor of First Human Artificial Heart, Dies at 79 FRIDAY, May 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Dr. Robert Jarvik, the man behind the world’s first permanent artificial heart ...