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Inventor

Robert K. Jarvik

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1

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1979

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1979

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1

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1979

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biotechmechanicalsemiconductors

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1970s
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1 patents, in 1979

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US 4173796·1979·University of Utah

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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