Word: kolff
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...remember those exciting early days of the U.S. space program? Dieter Kolff and his fellow scientists leading America's effort to catch up with the Soviets and put a man into orbit. Astronaut John Pope making his spectacular walk in space. And, of course, that historic Apollo landing on the dark side of the moon and its terrifying brush with disaster...
Saturday's shindig with Lafayette will be the first meeting in history between the two clubs, and will pit Crimson Coach Frank McLaughlin against legendary Lafayette mentor Butch van Breda Kolff...
...Diego, has regained 70% of his understanding of the spoken word, although in groups he can decipher only one voice at a time. He can hear music played on a single instrument; orchestral sounds are garbled. This wedding of the computer to the hearing aid is the work of Kolff Medical, Inc., the makers of the artificial heart that was implanted in the late Barney Clark...
Over the next few months, others will be joining Columpus in the joys of rediscovering hearing. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in recent days has approved the implantation of the new device, called Ineraid, in 20 more people. Kolff will donate the first two devices, but the other patients will each have to pay about $10,000. In addition, implant surgery at he Utah medical center will cost approximately $7,000. Doctors say that the implantation is comparable to root-canal surgery, but pain and discomfort disappear after about a week. Thereafter, the barely visible implanted plug requires...
...cost of the heart: $9,050, plus $7,400 for the drive system. But Clark's equipment was donated by the manufacturer, Kolff Medical, Inc., and his doctors waived their fees. Had Clark done well enough to leave the hospital, he probably would have spent $2,700 to equip his home with ramps, wall outlets for air and other fittings. Then there was the hospital bill. At the time of Clark's death, it exceeded a whopping $200,000, to be paid by donations and U.M.C. endowment funds...