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Article: Father of World's Only FDA & CE Approved Total Artificial Heart Dies at 97.(Obituary)
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- Blood Weekly
- Article date:
- March 5, 2009
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On Feb. 11, Dr. Willem Johan Kolff, the worldEs most prolific inventor of artificial organs, passed away at the age of 97 in Philadelphia. Among Dr. KolffEs many accomplishments were the artificial kidney, heart-lung machine, artificial eye, artificial ear and artificial arm. However, he was best known for his decades of work that led to the Jarvik 7 artificial heart (see also SynCardia Systems, Inc.).
oThe modern version of Dr. KolffEs artificial heart, the CardioWestO temporary Total Artificial Heart, is the result of 60 years of development by the giants of medicine,o said Rodger Ford, president and CEO of SynCardia Systems, Inc. oWithout Dr. KolffEs vision, ...
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