Regarded as the father of reconstructive valve surgery, Carpentier developed the world’s first artificial valve used in clinical practice. The “Carpentier-Edwards valve” utilizes chemical processing of animal tissues to prevent immunological reaction when implanted in other species and currently benefits more than 100,000 patients each year. Other scientific original contributions include mini invasive and robotic cardiac surgery. Recently, his research team developed and implanted the first successful artificial bronchus to avoid pneumonectomy in lung cancer.