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First Successful Heart-Lung Machine Surgery
In 1953, a heart-lung machine designed by Dr. John Gibbon was used in a successful open-heart surgery, demonstrating that an artificial device can temporarily perform the functions of the heart.
The machine pumps oxygenated and deoxygenated blood to the patient's heart. One thing to note is that the machine is only used if an intracardial surgery is being performed. Timeline: Artificial hearts. (2009, Febuary 11). Retrieved
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First Partial Artificial Heart Transplant
Dr. Michael DeBakey of Houston successfully implants a partial artificial heart. DeBakey replaced the left ventricle with a device that functioned as left ventricle. At that time there was not a device that could function both ventricles. Scientific American Frontiers. (n.d.). Affairs of the heart:
Searching for a substitute. Retrieved from
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First Human Heart Transplant
Dr. Christiaan Barnard performs the first successful human heart transplant on 53-year-old dentist Louis Washkansky. He dies 18 days after surgery in South Africa. Even though he died 18 days later, it was still a huge stepping stone for human heart transplants because it has never been done before. Animal hearts were tried in this time also, but the body rejected the heart. no author. (-, - -). Science daily. Retrieved from
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Jarvik-7 Heart
Dr. William De Vries carries out five implants of the Jarvik-7 total artificial heart during the next three years. The first patient, Barney Clark, survives for 112 days. Only four others received the Jarvik as a permanent replacement heart; one, William Schroeder, lived 620 days, dying in August 1986 at age 54. Other patients received the Jarvik as a temporary device while awaiting heart transplants. This articifial heart utilizes the left and right ventricle instead of one. -
Jarvik-7 Citations
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Jarvik 2000 Heart
A man in Israel becomes the first person to reveive the Jarvik 2000, the first total artificial heart that can maintain blood flow in addition to generating a pulse. The Jarvick 2000 pump is the size of a C battery which pumps the blood into the heart.Within its welded titanium shell sits a motor supported by two ceramic bearings, and a single moving part: a small, spinning titanium imp Jarvik heart. (2008). Retrieved from
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AbioCor Heart
Doctors in Louisville, Ky., implant the first self-contained, mechanical heart replacement into 59-year-old Robert Tools. The device, called the AbioCor, is battery powered and the size of a softball. Tools dies almost five months later from multiple organ failure. Timeline: Artificial hearts. (2009, Febuary 11). Retrieved
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