Dr. Robert Jarvik, who was a key designer of the first permanent artificial heart implanted in a human, died on Monday in his Manhattan home at age 79. Jarvik received his medical degree at the ...

A photo of Dr. Robert K. Jarvik, the principal designer of the first permanent artificial heart implanted in a human. Dr. Robert Jarvik created the first artificial heart used in humans He's died from ...

TUCSON, Ariz., Nov. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Picard Medical, Inc. (NYSE American: PMI) (“Picard” or the “Company”), parent company of SynCardia Systems LLC, maker of the world’s first total ...

After decades of trial and error, Bud Frazier has finally seen the implantation of an artificial ticker that may stand the test of time. Just as air travel wasn’t possible until inventors stopped ...

MINNETONKA, Minnesota — The first patient in NeoChord Inc.’s European clinical trial has been implanted with an artificial chord to treat his faulty heart valve. NeoChord supplies artificial chordae ...

SALT LAKE CITY — It’s a story of ingenuity, genius, and heart… literally. Forty-two years ago, Utah became the site of the first successful total artificial heart transplant, a groundbreaking ...

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In 2023, UCSF became the first to boast an all-female heart transplant team led by Amy Fiedler, MD, who featured in an iconic ...

Lev'Veon Jones-White was a healthy, 10-year-old athlete when his heart stopped in August, and he nearly died. Doctors at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital tried CPR for an hour, but his heart would not ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

The world’s first receiver of a Carmat artificial heart has died, 75 days after the implant. In a statement on Monday, the Georges Pompidou European Hospital in Paris said it couldn’t yet determine ...