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Article: Kolff Memorial Symposium to Honor "Father of the Total Artificial Heart".
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- August 18, 2009
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Legacy of the Late Dr. Willem Kolff Lives on Through the Artificial Organs He Helped Develop
TUCSON, Ariz. -- On Aug. 31, the life and accomplishments of Dr. Willem Johan Kolff, the world's most prolific inventor of artificial organs, will be honored during the Kolff Memorial Symposium in The Netherlands, where he was born. Dr. Kolff passed away at the age of 97 on Feb. 11, 2009.
Among Dr. Kolff's 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 culminated in the first human implant of a permanent Total Artificial Heart in 1982. ...