PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On Feb. 11, Dr. Willem Johan Kolff, the world’s most prolific inventor of artificial organs, passed away at the age of 97 in Philadelphia. Among Dr. Kolff’s many accomplishments were the artificial kidney, heart-lung machine, artificial eye, artificial ear and artificial arm. However, he was best known for his decades of work that led to the Jarvik 7 artificial heart.
