The Artificial Heart

Research

Mar 4, 1947

Dr.Kolff began researching on the design of the artificial heart and even a heart-lung machine.

1st Development

Mar 4, 1956

Dr.Kolff developed one of the first heart-lung machines.

Animal Hearts

Mar 4, 1957

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Dr.Kolff and Dr.Tetsuzo Akutsu decided to test the artificial hearts on animals. One dog lived for about 90 minutes.

The Division of Artificial Organs

Mar 12, 1967

Dr.Kolff goes to the University of Utah and starts the Division of Artificial Organs. He went with Clifford Kwan-Gett and Thomas Kessler(An engineer) who helped with the Artificial Heart design.

1st Implant

Mar 4, 1969

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Dr.Denton Clooney was the first artificial heart surgeon. The patient lives for 64 hours but dies 32 hours later.

Total Heart

Mar 4, 1982

The Total Artificial Heart was implanted into Dr.Barney Clark who survived for 112 days.

2nd Recipient

Mar 4, 1984

Schroeder was the second patient to recieve an artificial heart. He survived the longest with an artificial heart.

Studies

Mar 4, 1992

UMC initiates the new FDA IDE clinical study of the "Total Artificial Heart."

More Survivors

Mar 12, 2004

79% of patients who recieved the CardioWest survived the transplants. It is the highest bridge-to transplant rate for any heart device so far. (These are the findings from the IDE pivotal clinical study of the Total Artificial Heart)

The Test

Mar 12, 2014

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Randy Sheperd, one of the Artificial Heart Transplant patients, ran 4.2 miles to test his endurance, and his heart.