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<title>
Jan. 22, 1990: Business Notes:Medical Implants
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Jan. 22, 1990 A Murder In Boston
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
BUSINESS, Page 52
Business Notes
MEDICAL IMPLANTS
Recall for a Bum Ticker
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<body>
<p> Seattle dentist Barney Clark became a household name in 1982
as the first patient to receive the Jarvik-7, the world's first
artificial heart. Clark lived 112 days more, because of the
polyurethane-and-metal pump. Five patients in all received the
permanent implant; all died in less than two years. But the
device helped buy time for 150 patients who relied on an
implant until a heart transplant was possible. Last week the
Food and Drug Administration stunned medical researchers by
recalling the Jarvik heart, which is made by Symbion, a Tempe,
Ariz., company.
</p>
<p> Citing "serious deficiencies" in manufacturing quality,
training and other areas, the FDA banned further use of the
$22,000 mechanism. Symbion said last week that it will continue
to sell the devices outside the U.S. American doctors have
alternatives, however, since three other firms now make
heart-pumping aids.
</p>
</body>
</article>
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