Image Barney B. Clark, the first recipient of the Jarvik ... is called the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart. It is designed primarily for temporary use in patients who face imminent death while ...

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

The Jarvik-7 artificial heart, made of aluminum and plastic, was implanted in 1982 in a retired Des Moines, Wash., dentist, Barney Clark. He lived for 112 days.

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

He worked with a team at the University of Utah to design the first permanent artificial heart implanted in a human.

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

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