Artificial heart was named after its manager. Graduate student Robert Jarvik was the project manager for the artificial heart, which was subsequently renamed the Jarvik 7. In 1981, William DeVries submitted a request to the FDA for permission to implant the Jarvik 7 into a human being. On December 2, 1982, Kolff implanted the Jarvik 7 artificial heart into Barney Clark, a dentist from Seattle who was suffering from severe congestive heart failure. Clark lived for 112 days tethered to an external pneumatic compressor, a device weighing some , but during that time he suffered prolonged periods of confusion and a number
Jeanne Liotta Jeanne Liotta Jeanne Liotta (born 1960) is an American visual artist who is primarily known for her experimental films. She is also currently a professor of film studies at the University of Colorado Boulder and the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College. She lives between New York City and Colorado. Jeanne Liotta was born in 1960 in Brooklyn, New York. As an undergraduate, she studied theatre at New York University. During her time at NYU Liotta was involved with several collaborative artist groups, including Gargoyle Mechanique, The Living Theatre, and the Alchemical Theatre Company. From 1985