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

It was implanted in Barney Clark, a 61-year-old retired dentist ... newer versions like the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart have been implanted in more than 1,700 people worldwide, mostly ...

In 1982, a man named Barney Clark received the Jarvik-7 total artificial heart. Doctors removed his failing biological heart and replaced it with a plastic and metal device to circulate blood to ...

On this day in 1982, William C. DeVries implanted the first permanent artificial heart in Barney Clark; the aluminum and plastic device was called the Jarvik-7. Clark lived for 112 days tethered ...

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

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