TUCSON, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sixty years ago, Willem J. Kolff, M.D., Ph.D., the world’s most accomplished and prolific creator of artificial organs, started work that led to the creation of the world’s first and only FDA and CE approved temporary artificial heart: the CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t). Besides inventing the artificial heart, Dr. Kolff also invented the artificial kidney, and was instrumental in the development of the artificial eye, artificial ear, artificial arm and the heart-lung machine.
