Have an (artificial) heart

OHSU device designed to permanently replace failing human hearts

By Franny White March 08, 2018 Portland, Ore.

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A working prototype of OHSU's artificial heart, Feb. 7, 2018. Researchers are designing what they hope will be a total artificial heart that can permanently replace a failing heart for most adults and children age 10 or older. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Total artificial heart prototype

Sanjiv Kaul, M.D., (right) discusses OHSU's artificial heart design which they hope will permanently replace a failing heart for most adults and children age 10 or older. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Total artificial heart prototype

(Left to right) George Giraud, M.D., Ph.D., Sanjiv Kaul, M.D., and Igor Dykan, M.D., who are helping OHSU to develop what they hope will be the first total artificial heart designed to permanently replace a failing heart for most adults and children age 10 or older. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Total artificial heart prototype

George Giraud, M.D., Ph.D., is helping OHSU to develope what researchers hope will be the first total artificial heart designed to permanently replace a failing heart for most adults and children age 10 or older. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Sanjiv Kaul, M.D.

Sanjiv Kaul, M.D. discusses OHSU's development a total artificial heart designed to permanently replace a failing heart for most adults and children age 10 or older. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Total artificial heart prototype

OHSU is developing what researchers hope will be the first total artificial heart designed to permanently replace a failing heart for most adults and children age 10 or older. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Total artificial heart prototype

Richard Wampler, M.D.

Richard Wampler, M.D., presents information on a total artificial heart prototype, to leadership at OHSU, April 3, 2017. OHSU is developing what researchers hope will be the first total artificial heart designed to permanently replace a failing heart for most adults and children age 10 or older. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Total artificial heart prototype

Igor Dykan, M.D., with a working prototype of OHSU's artificial heart, Feb. 7, 2018. Researchers are designing what they hope will be a total artificial heart that can permanently replace a failing heart for most adults and children age 10 or older. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Total artificial heart prototype

(Left to right) Igor Dykan, M.D. and George Giraud, M.D., Ph.D., test a total artificial heart prototype Feb. 7, 2018, designed to permanently replace a failing heart for most adults and children age 10 or older. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Total artificial heart prototype

(Left to right) Engineer Patrick Jurney, George Giraud, M.D., Ph.D., and Igor Dykan, M.D., test a total artificial heart prototype Feb. 7, 2018, designed to permanently replace a failing heart for most adults and children age 10 or older. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Total artificial heart prototype

Albert Starr, M.D.

Albert Starr, M.D., is a pioneering cardiovascular surgeon who co-invented and successfully implanted the world’s first artificial heart valve. (OHSU)