The Inventors of the Artificial Heart Receive American Nobel Award

 

The inventors of the artificial heart valve, scientist Albert Starr and scientist Alain Carpentier received an American Nobel prize this past weekend. The two scientists, whose heart valve invention has saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of patients all around the world, where honored to receive such accolades.

 

The invention of the heart valve had its humble beginnings from a pigs heart that was tested time and again. It was realized that the pigs heart could not operate properly due to blocked arteries, as well as valve failure, and so Carpentier replicated the human heart, testing the valves for any abnormalities. Due to the extreme similarities that are between the two the two doctors could successfully create artificial valves for the human heart. What is phenomenal is that these hearts were created in the late 1960s and soon brought into the healthcare fields.