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Washington, UNITED STATES: The Jarvik 7 artificial heart, developed by Dr. Robert Jarvik, is seen 30 January 2007 at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Jarvik donated the Jarvik 2000 FlowMaker and loaned the Jarvik 7 artificial heart, that was implanted in dentist Barney Clark in 1982, to the National Museum of American History. Clark lived for 112 days with the Jarvik 7, the first artificial heart implanted in a human. AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP via Getty Images)In the first operation of its kind, doctors at the University of Utah Medical Center implanted a permanent artificial heart in the chest of retired dentist Dr. Barney Clark, who lived 112 days with the device.
Originally published at Associated Press