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Who invented the artificial heart what purpose does it serve.

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In 1964, the National Institutes of Health started the Artificial Heart Program, with the goal of putting an artificial heart into a human by the end of the decade. The purpose of the program was to develop an implantable artificial heart, including the power source, to replace a failing heart.
Inventor: Paul Winchell

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