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Name: Robert K. Jarvik
Birth Date: 1946
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: physician, biomedical engineer, inventor

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Biography of Robert K. Jarvik
1,338 words, approx. 5 pages
Physician Robert K. Jarvik is designer and biomedical engineer of the first artificial heart used as a permanent implant in a human being. The device, named Jarvik-7, was implanted in Barney Clark on December 2, 1982, at the University of Utah Medical...


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Robert Koffler Jarvik Summary
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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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Robert Jarvik Information
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Robert Koffler Jarvik (born 11 May 1946 ) is an American scientist and physician known for his role in developing the Jarvik-7 artificial heart . Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Artificial heart 1.2 Companies 1.3 Celebrity 2 References 3 External links if...


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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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Reuters North American News Service
US House panel says probing Pfizer Lipitor ads
1/8/2008: 360 words, approx. 1 pages
(Adds Pfizer statement, details from lawmakers, Lipitor sales figures) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House committee said Monday it was probing Pfizer Inc advertisements that feature heart specialist Robert Jarvik pitching its blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipitor. Democrats on the House Energy & Commerce Committee...
 


 

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