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Robert Koffler Jarvik Summary
636 words, approx. 2 pages 1946- American Physician and Bioengineer Robert Jarvik is known for his design of an artificial heart. This mechanical device, known as the Jarvik-7, was used with some success during the mid-1980s to permanently replace a diseased heart or to be used...
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796 words, approx. 3 pages
 Robert Koffler Jarvik (born 11 May 1946) is an American scientist and physician known for his role in developing the Jarvik-7 artificial...




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Murray Jarvik
05/17/2008: 615 words, approx. 2 pages Inventor of the nicotine patch Over the course of his life Murray Jarvik contracted, and survived, a daunting series of illnesses: rheumatic fever, chronic heart problems, polio and even lung cancer - although he never smoked. His wife, Lissy, however, did so,...
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Congress questions Jarvik's Lipitor lip service, credentials as part of celebrity-pitch probe
1/8/2008: 374 words, approx. 1 pages House Democrats are investigating whether consumers are being misled by advertisements for Lipitor, featuring the world-renowned inventor of an artificial heart.In the ads, which began their heavy rotation in 2006, Dr. Robert Jarvik talks about the benefits of Pfizer's cholesterol-lowering drug, the world's best-selling medication.Michigan...
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Man who had 3 hearts leaves Pa. hospital
3/23/2007: 485 words, approx. 2 pages A 46-year-old man whose body was powered by three separate hearts in the span of a month walked out of the hospital Thursday and said he felt like competing in a triathlon. "I feel like a million dollars, actually," said patient Gary Onufer. "I feel...


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