The World’s Oldest Artificial Heart

In honour of Valentine’s Day, Gizmodo presents you with the Liotta-Cooley heart, the world’s first totally artificial blood pumper.

Developed by Dr Domingo Liotta and implanted by Dr Denton A. Cooley on April 4, 1969, the Liotta-Cooley heart kept a 47-year-old man alive for three full days before a human organ became available. And to this day, it’s our most impressive cure for a broken heart. [Smithsonian]

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    rajesh kumar p

    Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 7:38 PM

    this is good invention but heart totaly artificial meance wr Love will be sitting ha ha ha

    then we can prove love is some were else…
    moght be love sits at the brance of cherry tree
    like monky said to crocodile ha ha

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