Robert Tools

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Robert Tools (July 31, 1942 - November 30, 2001), was the world's first recipient of a self-contained artificial heart. The operation took place on July 2, 2001. He survived for 151 days without a living heart. Dr. Joseph Fredi at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville had the idea for it.

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