In 2001 and 2002, the heart was installed in fourteen patients. That’s when the ambitious plans began to falter. “By nine months, all of them except four had di

In 2001 and 2002, the heart was installed in fourteen patients. That’s when the ambitious plans began to falter. “By nine months, all of them except four had died from either complications or device failure,” Cohn recounted. I remember as a freshman going to a talk by the AbioMed folks that was very optimistic and rosy about the future, in about 2002. I think video of a patient talking about his artifical heart was involved. How disappointing that things didn't pan out.