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External artificial heart devices have been around since the 1950's. The first mechanical heart was implanted in 1969 for less than three days while the patient was waiting for a transplant. In the 1980's tremendous strides were made in the development of artificial hearts, which is when the Jarvik 7 was invented. That work led to the artificial heart technology which is available today.

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