Robert Jarvik

Robert Jarvik

entrepreneur

BIRTHDAY May 11, 1946
BIRTH SIGN Taurus
BIRTHPLACE Michigan
AGE ? years old
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ABOUT ROBERT JARVIK

Medical entrepreneur who developed the revolutionary Jarvik-7 artificial heart.

He earned a degree in medical engineering from New York University.

He founded his medical company Symbion Inc. after his artificial heart was successfully implanted in 1982.

He married Marilyn vos Savant in 1987.

He was an influential medical inventor, much like Orvan Hess .