# Robert K. Jarvik — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Robert K. Jarvik has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Jarvik's Artificial Heart Uses Electric Motors to Pump Blood](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/4173796/jarvik-artificial-heart) — granted 1979
  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.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/robert-k-jarvik

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