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First Artificial Heart Pump
The precursor to the modern artificial heart pump was invented by doctors William Sewell and William Glenn of the Yale School of Medicine using an Erector Set, assorted odds and ends, and dime-store toys. The external pump successfully bypassed the heart of a dog for more than an hour. -
First implanted artifical heart
Willem Johan Kolff implanted an artificial heart into a dog at Cleveland Clinic. The dog lived for 90 minutes. -
First permanent partal implantation
The first permanent implantation of a partial mechanical heart at the Maimonides Medical Center. -
First clinical implantation of a complete artificial heart
Domingo Liotta and Denton A. Cooley replaced a dying man's heart with a mechanical heart inside the chest at The Texas Heart Institute in Houston as a bridge for a transplant. The man woke up and began to recover. After 64 hours, the pneumatic-powered artificial heart was removed and replaced by a donor heart. -
First clinical applications of a permanent total artificial heart
William DeVries implanted the artificial heart into retired dentist Barney Bailey Clark who survived 112 days with the device. Bill Schroeder became the second recipient and lived for a record 620 days. -
Most total artificial heart prototypes invented
The Phoenix-7, AbioCor, Berlin Heart, and other prototypes of the total artificial heart invented from 1996-Present day -
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