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Vladimir Demikhov-1937
The first record of an artificial heart was created by the Soviet scientist, Vladimir Demikhov. This heart was actually transplanted into a dog. -
The Phoenix-7
This total heart was created by a Taiwanese dentist known as Kelvin K. Cheng. This heart was implanted into a 46-year-old man by Jeng Wei. The man was able to maintain a normal blood pressure and cardiac output. -
Kolff and the Division of Artificial Organs
After leaving the Cleveland Clinic in 1967, Kloff established the DAO to continue his work on the artificial heart. Throughout the years, multiple imporvements and models were made by Kloff. For example, in 1973, a calf lived for 30 days on the earliest model. But by 1981, a calf was able to live for 268 days on the Jarvick 5. -
The SynCardia Total Artificial Heart
The SynCardia Total Artificial Heart was first originally designed in 1969, and has been going through multiple design faces through August 5, 2016. The SynCardia heart was used in 1,625 implants of a 1.688 transplants in total. Making them the most used in the world. -
Liotta-Cooley Artificial Heart
On April 4, 1969, Dr. Denton A. Cooley was the first to transplant an artificial heart, developed by Dr. Domingo Liotta, into a patient with heart failure. Until a real human heart was available for transplant, the 47-year old man lived for three days. -
The Jarvik 7
Kolff developed his design over the years along with around 200 others. Robert Jarvik, one of Kolff's project managers worked on the heart that eventually became known as the Jarvik 7. And on December 2, 1982, the Jarvik 7 was implanted into Barney Clark after approval by the FDA. With severe heart failure, Clark was able to live for 112 days after the surgery. Although, throughout that time period, Clark suffered from confusion, bleeding, and the feeling of wanting to die. -
The Jarvik 2000
The Jarvik 2000 is a valveless, ventricular assist device, and only about the size of a C battery. This small device pumps blood from the heart at up to 8.5 liters every minute; which in turn assists in pumping blood throughout the body -
The Abiomed AbioCor
This heart design was first implanted into a man on June 3, 2001. This heart is made out of titanium and plastic making it only weigh about 2 pounds, and it is also able to recharge; the internal battery lasting for 30 minutes, and the external batter pack lasting for about 4 hours. Although, the size of this heart only fits around 50% of the male population and can only be used for about 1-2 years. -
Abiomed AbioCor II
Developed at PennState, the original AbioCor was improved by combining its valved ventricles with control technology and roller screws. This new version is a smaller, more stable heart and would now be able to fit most men and around 50% of women along with an improved life span of around 5 years. This heart was tested in animal trials in 2005 and hoped to be approved for human testing in 2008. -
The Frazier-Cohn Heart
This heart was implanted into a 55-year-old man named Craig Lewis on March 12, 2011 by Drs. O. H. Frazier and William Cohn. It is made from a 2 combined Heart Mate II pumps and is currently in bovine trials. There has only been one person that has benefited by living 5 extra weeks with this heart, before suffering from liver and kidney failure.
