First Permanent Artificial Heart

Date: December 2, 1982 • Location: Salt Lake City, United States

At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.

The University of Utah is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest institution of higher education. The university received its current name in 1892, four years before Utah attained statehood, and moved to its current location in 1900. It is the flagship university of the Utah System of Higher Education.