Charles Durward Griffin

Charles "Chuck" Durward Griffin (born 1952) is a biomedical engineer involved in artificial heart valve design, head engineer of Carbomedic. By 2004, Griffin's designs contributed to half a million installed prosthetic heart valves.

Griffin graduated from Auburn University in 1975, earning master's degree from the University of Alabama in 1980. Griffin has worked with Carbomedic since 1982; he is a resident of Austin, Texas. In 2006, he was inducted to the Alabama Engineers Hall of Fame.