Robert Tools

Robert Tools was the first recipient of a self-contained artificial heart. Tools, 59, of Franklin, KY, received the AbioCor mechanical heart on July 2, 2001, after he had been told that he would probably not live longer than a month if he didn't have the operation. He recuperated enough to be able to go fishing and to eat at restaurants, but then suffered a stroke in November and died of internal bleeding and organ failure 151 days after receiving the new organ.

Last updated: June 28, 2007.

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