2007-07-05 03:52:31 · 5 answers · asked by Ronald L 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
Artificial Hearts are you talking of implantable or external?
External Heart perfusion:
A pioneer in vascular surgery, Carrel had received a Nobel Prize in 1912 for his revolutionary technique of transplanting organs and suturing blood vessels ( External perfusion technique),
(AmericanHeritage.com).
Implantable first patented:
Dr.Paul Winchell.
http://www.paulwinchell.com/artificialheart.htm
Many other claimants are in question, e.g:
Dr. Robert Jarvik
2007-07-05 07:12:51 · answer #1 · answered by Dr.Qutub 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Robert Jarvik
2007-07-05 11:00:27 · answer #2 · answered by FoxBelle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dr. Robert Jarvik
2007-07-05 10:55:15 · answer #3 · answered by searchpup 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Paul Winchell invented and patented it. Robert Jarvik went on to take it from there.
2007-07-05 10:59:34 · answer #4 · answered by scraven68 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paul Winchell had the first patent
Robert Jarvik ultimately created one that worked well
2007-07-05 10:56:27 · answer #5 · answered by Robert K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋