Robert Jarvik

Robert Jarvik

male, 63 years old
Robert Koffler Jarvik (born 11 May 1946) is an American scientist known for his role in developing the Jarvik-7 artificial heart.
Robert Tools

Robert Tools

male, deceased (2001)
Robert L. Tools (July 31 1942 - November 30 2001), was the world's first recipient of a fully self-contained artificial heart called AbioCor. The...

William Devries

male
William C. DeVries (Dec 19, 1943 -) is an American cardiothoracic surgeon, who performed the first successful permanent artificial heart...

William J. Schroeder

male
William J. Schroeder was one of the first recipients of an artificial heart. On November 25, 1984, Schroeder became the second human recipient of...

Ben Franklin

male, deceased (2003)
Ben Franklin was mayor of the city of Nepean, Ontario from 1978 to 1997. Nepean became part of the city of Ottawa in 2001. He was born in Elgin,...
Wilbert Keon

Wilbert Keon

male, 74 years old
Wilbert Joseph Keon, OC, BSc, MD (born May 17 1935) is a heart surgeon, researcher and Canadian Senator. Born in Sheenboro, Quebec, he received a...
Henry Heimlich

Henry Heimlich

male, 89 years old
Henry J. Heimlich (b. February 3, 1920), an American physician, is primarily known for the invention of the Heimlich Maneuver. Heimlich was born in...

William H. Dobelle

male
William H. Dobelle (October 24, 1941 - October 5, 2004) was a biomedical researcher who developed advanced technologies that restored limited sight...

Juan Giambruno

male, 59 years old
Dr. Juan Giambruno is a Uruguayan cardiac surgeon at Universidad de la República, Montevideo. His major work is a fully implantable artificial h...