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 ...

Procedures were conducted at The Texas Heart Institute, Duke University Hospital ... failure while waiting for a heart transplant. Total artificial hearts are used to bridge the time to heart ...

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

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 ...