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True Valor: Barney Clark and the Utah Artificial Heart
Don B. Olsen
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Description for True Valor: Barney Clark and the Utah Artificial Heart
Hardcover. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: MNQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
On December 2, 1982, the fully mechanical Jarvik-7 heart was placed inside Barney Clark’s chest, culminating years of painstaking research and making medical history by successfully pumping Clark’s blood for 112 days. True Valor takes an in-depth look at this significant event, telling the stories of the doctors and researchers involved, of Barney Clark, and of the evolution of the artificial heart before and after Clark’s transplant.
Author Don Olsen is well positioned to tell this story, having worked on the artificial heart project under Dr. William Kolff, the man who designed the Jarvik-7. His narrative conveys the ... Read more
On December 2, 1982, the fully mechanical Jarvik-7 heart was placed inside Barney Clark’s chest, culminating years of painstaking research and making medical history by successfully pumping Clark’s blood for 112 days. True Valor takes an in-depth look at this significant event, telling the stories of the doctors and researchers involved, of Barney Clark, and of the evolution of the artificial heart before and after Clark’s transplant.
Author Don Olsen is well positioned to tell this story, having worked on the artificial heart project under Dr. William Kolff, the man who designed the Jarvik-7. His narrative conveys the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
444
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City, United States
ISBN
9781607813910
SKU
V9781607813910
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About Don B. Olsen
Don B. Olsen is professor emeritus of bioengineering at the University of Utah, USA. As a veterinarian and researcher, he worked on the development of the artificial heart, testing its functionality in calves. Today he is the president of the Utah Artificial Heart Institute.
Reviews for True Valor: Barney Clark and the Utah Artificial Heart
“Dr. Barney B. Clark . . . was ‘an incredible man, one of the strongest men I have ever known, one of the strongest families I have ever known. He did a service to mankind and the knowledge that we will gain from him will serve us all.’” —hospital spokesman John Dwan announcing the death of Barney Clark; quoted ... Read more