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First recipient of an artificial heart

First recipient of an artificial heart
Who
Barney B. Clark
What
First
Where
United States (Utah Medical Center,Salt Lake City,Utah)
When
02 December 1982
On 1-2 December 1982 at the Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA,  Barney Clark (USA) a dentist from Des Moines, Washington, was the first recipient of an artificial heart at the age of 61. The surgeon was Dr William C. DeVries and the heart was a Jarvik 7 designed by Dr Robert K. Jarvik (b. 11 May 1946). The patient died on 23 March 1983, 112 days later.