Who invented the artificial heart?
HINT: Jerry Mahoney and Nucklehead Smith
2006-09-05 22:37:29 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
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2006-09-05 22:44:33 · update #1
The first artificial heart was patented by Paul Winchell in 1963. Winchell subsequently assigned the patent to the University of Utah, where Robert Jarvik ultimately used it as the model for his Jarvik-7. Early attempts prior to the Jarvik-7 were disappointing; hosts died within hours or days and/or suffered massive foreign-body rejection problems. Jarvik's human designs were more impressive but his patients succumbed as well; his first Jarvik-7 patient, 61-year-old retired dentist Barney Clark, survived for 112 days after it was implanted at the University of Utah on December 2, 1982. Another problem is that an artificial heart requires an external power supply such as a battery pack worn on the patient's waist; no design so far has been able to use the body's own natural biological energy.
2006-09-05 22:39:42 · answer #1 · answered by Nickname 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nucklehead Smith
2006-09-05 22:38:32 · answer #2 · answered by ShaShoShi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jerry Mahoney
2006-09-05 22:38:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jerry Smith
2006-09-05 22:43:27 · answer #4 · answered by rosh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first artificial heart was patented by Paul Winchell in 1963. Winchell subsequently assigned the patent to the University of Utah, where Robert Jarvik ultimately used it as the model for his Jarvik-7.
2006-09-06 00:46:14 · answer #5 · answered by spyblitz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Robert Tools
2006-09-05 22:41:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
William J. Kolff invented the first artificial heart and the first artificial kidney-dialysis machine.
2006-09-05 22:51:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carmen Electra
2006-09-05 22:43:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thnx for the 2 pts
2006-09-05 22:45:39 · answer #9 · answered by Jammy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jarvik
2006-09-05 22:38:43 · answer #10 · answered by beach bum 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋