How was the artificial heart invented?

How was the artificial heart invented?

Artificial hearts date back to the mid 1950s when Dr. Paul Winchell first patented an artificial heart. In 1982, a Seattle dentist, Dr. Barney Clark was the first person implanted with the Jarvik-7, an artificial heart intended to last a lifetime. William DeVries, an American surgeon performed the surgery. Robert Jarvik designed the Jarvik-7 artificial heart. The patient survived 112 days. At the end of 1998, American heart specialist Michael DeBakey performed a world-first in heart surgery with a totally new device. If this electric heart proves successful, it could be a permanent alternative to a heart transplant. The first human heart transplant operation was conducted by Dr. Christiaan Neethling Barnard on 3rd December 1967. This was the first time a sick person’s heart was replaced by a heart taken from a dead person