After ruling out other technologies, Harbison and his Duke team opted to move forward with the artificial heart. “There was definitely a feeling of the fear of the unknown,” Donavon Harbison said, ...

The Duke University Health System was responsible for the second-ever utilization of a technology that acts as a complete artificial heart to extend the lives of patients waiting for a transplant.

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Doctors at Duke University Hospital have played a key role in a remarkable medical breakthrough. Donavon Harbison, an Alamance County resident diagnosed with heart failure ...

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

BiVacor announced today that it received FDA breakthrough device designation for its Total Artificial Heart (TAH) system.

Before Sepsis Watch, an artificial intelligence tool created at Duke Institute for Health Innovation and implemented ... The problem is that many initial symptoms, such as fever and elevated heart ...

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

In a feat of surgical skill, Denton Cooley attached the temporary artificial heart device in only 47 minutes ... patients like Jerry Lewis and the Duke of Windsor. Not to be outdone by a foreign ...