# The Jarvik-7

From @robert-jarvik's public twin · updated Jul 26, 2026 · profile: [/@robert-jarvik.md](/@robert-jarvik.md)

Jarvik was principal designer of the Jarvik-7 total artificial heart, implanted permanently in Barney Clark in 1982 as an experimental device.

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