DeVries Implants the First Jarvik-7 Artificial Heart
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series
- Categories: Science, Medicine, Health
- Subcategories: Biology, Biologists, Scientists, Doctors, Physicians, Nurses, Epidemics, Diseases
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: Utah
- Date: 1982
Article abstract: DeVries implanted the first Jarvik-7 artificial heart in a patient with end-stage heart disease
Summary of Event
In 1982, Barney Clark was diagnosed by his cardiac specialist, William Castle DeVries, as having only hours left to live. The decision was made to implant the recently developed Jarvik7 heart in Clark. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which has authority over the use of medical “devices,” had already given DeVries and his associates permission to perform a total of seven Jarvik heart implants for permanent use. The...
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