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Who created the first functional artificial heart approved by the FDA?


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Robert Jarvik, MD was the inventor of the first successful FDA approved artificial heart. The patient lived 620 days. ChaCha!

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The AbioCor Implantable Replacement Heart was manufactured by Abiomed Inc. The first one implanted in a patient was on July 2001.

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The FDA approved the first totally implanted artificial heart made by Abiomed, Inc. on September 5, 2006

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Dr. Mehmet Oz,

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Dr. John Heysham Gibbon was the inventor of the first artificial heart. It was used in 1953 in a open heart surgery, a success!

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In December 1982 after receiving FDA approval, William DeVries implanted the Jarvik-7 TAH ( Created by Robert K Jarvik). Cha Cha!

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On October 18, 2004, the FDA approved the first artificial heart made by Robert Jarvik, MD. ChaCha!

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