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The first successful use of a heart-lung machine
John Gibbon used a heart-lung machine of his own invention for the first time to fix a heart defect -
The first artificial heart implanted in a dog
An artificial heart is used on a living thing for the first time, the dog lived for 90 minutes -
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The first Artificial heart is patented
Mr. Winchell patented the first artificial heart in collaboration with Henry J. Heimlich (Inventor of the choking maneuver) -
The first artificial heart is implanted in a human
Jarvik 7 became the first artificial heart implanted in a human, and helped keep Barney Clark alive for 112 days by replacing the two lower chambers of his heart -
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The FDA approves of the Left Ventricular Assist Device
The FDA approved of the LVAD, or the Left Ventricular Assist Device, which allows failing hearts to continue functioning -
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Jarvik 2000 successfully implanted in a man
An Isralean man became the first recipent of the Jarvik 2000, the first artificial heart that can maintain blood flow and generate a pulse -
The first AbioCor heart is successfully implanted in a patient
AbioCor is the first self contained mechanical heart that was successfully implanted in a Jewish Hospital in Kentucky. It is battery powered and the size of a softball -
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Complete artificial heart called the BiVACOR that produces no pulse is succesfully implanted in a human
Craig Lewis was successfully implanted with a fully artificial heart called the BiVACOR, which produced no pulse, and survived for 6 weeks before kidney and liver disease forced them to stop the machine -
HeartMate III succesfully implanted in a calf
With an over 8 hour procedure, the HeartMate III, an earlier no pulse invention, was successfully implanted in a calf, and after the surgery it was able to do things as it normally would -
Carmat designs a new type of artificual heart that has no pulse
Carmat, a Paris-based company, designs a new type of artificial heart that instead of pumping blood like a heart beat pushes it through, so the user would have no pulse
