The artificial heart is very effective as a bridge to transplant, but the number of people that can be saved with human hearts is limited. A perfect artificial heart could save many more patients.
Robert JarvikI knew that my father was going to die of heart disease, and I was trying to make a heart for him.
Robert JarvikI am, in fact, a medical doctor; I am a world expert in mechanical heart technology; and I am an athletically fit man who takes care of his own health through diet and exercise, including frequent five mile runs.
Robert JarvikLeaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.
Robert Jarvik