This site is hosted by Netfirms Web Hosting CURRENT UPDATES: Events deaths births , of JUL 02 [For Jul 02 Julian go to Gregorian date: 1583~1699: Jul 12 1700s: Jul 13 1800s: Jul 14 1900~2099: Jul 15 ... CURRENT DAY in HISTORY, ART, etc. IF SOMETHING'S WRONG HERE, TRY MIRROR or Slaves take over slave ship Tecumseh urges Amerindians to fight for their land Carlos Menem is born Battle of Gettysburg: Day 2 ... 1'000'000th Corvette On a July 02: 2001 Artificial heart is implanted in patient. Surgeons from the University of Louisville implant the first self-contained artificial heart, a titanium and plastic pump, into Robert Tools at Jewish Hospital. Doctors said they expect the new implant to extend the patient's life only a month or so. But the device is considered a technological leap from mechanical hearts used in the 1980s, which were attached by wires and tubes to machinery outside the body. Drs. Laman Gray and Robert Dowling, who trained by implanting the pump in baby cows, performed the surgery. Surgical teams at four other hospitals around the country had been trained to do the surgery, but Louisville was first. Experts hope that the experimental heart, made by Abiomed Inc. of Danvers, Massachusetts, will lead to new hope for patients with failing hearts. | |
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