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

FRIDAY, May 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Dr. Robert Jarvik, the man behind the world’s first permanent artificial heart used ...

In a groundbreaking moment for Israeli medicine, doctors at Sheba Medical Center have successfully implanted a fully ...

A groundbreaking heart procedure at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital has made Maryland history. Joan Mertz, 83, became the first patient in the state to undergo an artificial heart valve ...

If anything, it looks like some ancient, misshapen pair of headphones, but in fact it’s one of the most famous medical devices of all time: the first artificial heart ever implanted in a human ...

(KPTV) - A first of its kind surgery to help people ... experimental surgery where they inserted a new type of artificial valve into her heart. She said because of this surgery she has gotten ...

The first implant of a novel total artificial heart was successfully completed at The Texas Heart Institute. The device fulfilled its role in serving as a bridge to transplant. The first ...

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