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Article: Robert Tools, recipient of artificial heart, dies. (Census).(Brief Article)(Obituary)
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- December 17, 2001
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Robert Tools, the first person to receive a fully self-contained artificial heart, recently died of internal bleeding and organ failure after he lived with the device in his chest for 151 days. He was 59.
The death was announced by Drs. Laman Gray Jr. and Robert Dowling, who implanted the softball-size device at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, KY, on July 2.
They said the death was not caused by problems with the AbioCor heart device. They blamed the severe abdominal bleeding on long-standing heath problems.
"Mr. Tools and his family members are heroes," Dr. Dowling said. "Their willingness to be the first to participate in the AbioCor clinical ...