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Events on Thursday 2 December 1982 1
1982First permanent artificial heart transplantBarney Clark receives the Jarvik-7Surgeons at the University of Utah implanted the Jarvik-7 artificial heart into retired dentist Barney Clark, the first permanent artificial heart transplant in a human. Clark survived 112 days on the device.