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Robert Koffler Jarvik
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First U.S Patient
Lois Spiller had an enlarged heart and cardiomyopathy
Jarvik-2000
Pump is about the size of a C battery
Creater of the artifical heart
Uses a battery to pump the blood
A Jarvik-2000 was used as a bridge until she got a donor heart
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Robert Koffler Jarvik
The Jarvik-7
While going to Utah he was recruited by Willem Kolff
Jarvik-7 was the product of a lower model called the Jarvik-3
College
First he wanted to major in mechanical drawing and architecture
Instead he majored and got his bachor's degree in zoology at Syracuse University in1964
Mostly because of his father's condition
First Lifetime Patient
Family
Parents: Norman Eugene and Edythe Koffler Jarvik
Peter Houghton was 63 with cardiomyopathy
Future in medicine
Siblings: None
Mr Jarvik watched his father get surgery for his heart disease
This sparked his interest in medicine
Early Life
Robert Koffler Jarvik was born May 11, 1946
Even when he was in high school he was inventing
He invented the automatic stapler in high school that is now used during surgery
Lived with the Jarvik-2000 for 7 years
Died from acute renal failure
New York Luck
Moved to New York in 1987
Here he met and married Marilyn vos Savent
Founded Jarvik Research inc
Amanda Horn
Ms.Sachs
English 9 Honors
10 Febuary 2014
First Patient
Barney Clark was a 61 year old retired dentist
He had cariomyopathy and had the Jarvik-7 inplanted