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39th year  -  N° 356                 Saturday, 21 December 2024         Antwerpen		
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Wednesday 23rd of March 1983

41 years ago Jarvik Made Him a Drifter



Artificial-heart patient Barney Clark dies of a stroke at the age of 62 in University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.


Clark spent the last 112 days of his life in a hospital bed attached to the Jarvik 7, a 180 kgs console that pumped air in and out of the aluminum-and-plastic implant through a system of hoses. Clark was constantly plagued by infections, drifting into and out of consciousness, at several points asking to be allowed to die.