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Robert K. Jarvik1

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1 patents, in 1979

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1979 — How Jarvik's Artificial Heart Uses Electric Motors to Pump Blood

US 4173796·1979

How Jarvik's Artificial Heart Uses Electric Motors to Pump Blood

A 1977 invention by Robert Jarvik that uses a reversible electric motor to power a hydraulic pump, enabling artificial hearts to mimic the natural pumping action of a human heart.

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