“For the past two years, I have been the national spokesman for Lipitor. My work in the field of artificial hearts spans 36 years, including inventions contributing to the first permanent total artificial heart used in a patient (the Jarvik 7 heart), and the invention, development, and clinical application of a miniature, silent heart assist device (the Jarvik 2000 heart) that has sustained a patient in good health for 7-and-a-half years, much longer than any other artificial heart in the world...” [Read on]
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Ventriloquist Paul Winchell (1922-2005) made false claims about his role in this chapter of the history of science. We set the record straight on the Jarvik-7 and the people who made it possible...
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