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He also had medical training and became the first person to build and patent a mechanical artificial heart, implantable in the chest cavity (US Patent #3097366 of 1963). Winchell has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in television.
Jan 7, 2011 · Imagine the former vice president walking around with Winchell's artificial heart battery pack slapped onto his chest. He'd look like Darth Vader, but it could help.
Oct 6, 2014 · Paul Winchell claims that he was the first to have invented the artificial heart and that Dr. Robert Jarvik copied his ideas to invent the Jarvik heart. However, upon research it was found that he was not the first because prior patents had been filed before Winchell’s [ 14 ].
- Sanna Khan, Waqas Jehangir
- 2014
With the help and advice of Heimlich, Winchell designed an artificial heart and built a prototype. He filed for a patent in 1956, which he received in 1963.
Mar 1, 2012 · When not in front of a TV camera manipulating his dummies Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff, Winchell was developing patents, some 30 in all, including one for an artificial heart that he...
- Dan Baum
Jan 25, 2013 · Though Dr. Robert Jarvik has been referred to as “the inventor of the artificial heart,” documents from the United States Patent Office show that on February 6, 1961, Paul Winchell filed for a patent on his artificial heart.
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Jul 30, 2021 · Winchell's heart As it turned out, building ventriloquism dummies wasn't that different from building an artificial heart, Winchell noted later in his autobiography – the shifting valves and chambers of the mechanical heart were similar to the moving eyes and opening mouths of his puppets.
