1), who asked if I would collaborate with him in the development of an artificial heart. He was serious ... sit the patient up for a portable chest X-ray. The technician then brought in the ...

Joan Mertz, 83, became the first patient in the state to undergo an artificial heart valve replacement without the need for open-heart surgery. For years, Mertz, a great-grandmother from Essex ...

To explore the uses of this material, [Riley] chose to make an artificial heart valve. This required a 3D-printed framework with three prongs, painted with conductive paint. He tried a few ...

OPB has premiered a new documentary that traces the development of the world’s first successful artificial mitral heart valve by a young, Oregon-based cardiac surgeon and a retired engineer.

On May 10, 2005, I woke up in Boston Children’s Hospital after open-heart surgery, uncertain about my future. I had just received a St. Jude artificial aortic valve, and the ticking sound in my ...

Back in December she had an experimental surgery where they inserted a new type of artificial valve into her heart. She said because of this surgery she has gotten her life back. “I’ve been ...

Dr. Albert Starr coinvented and implanted the first successful artificial heart valve in 1960. He is currently director of academic affairs and bioscience development at Providence Health System ...

Her record: the longest survivor of a double heart-valve replacement. Kozlowski lived with the artificial heart valves for nearly 50 years until she underwent a heart transplant June 10.