Cardiac Aortic Valve Prosthesis
Cardiac Aortic Valve Prosthesis
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- Description (Brief)
- This is a teaching model of an Omniscience aortic artificial heart valve. It is 23mm and it has a titanium cage and Pyrolyte disk.
- In an article which appeared in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery, the “Evolution of Mechanical Heart Valves”, Richard DeWall refers to the Omniscience valve as a “direct descendant” of the Lillehei-Kaster free-floating valve prosthesis.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- artificial heart valve
- cardiology
- valve, aortic
- date made
- ca 1985
- maker
- Omniscience
- place made
- United States: Minnesota
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 3/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 7/8 in; 6.0325 cm x 6.985 cm x 7.3025 cm
- ID Number
- 2003.0337.05
- catalog number
- 2003.0337.05
- accession number
- 2003.0337
- Credit Line
- Arthur A. Ciarkowski
- subject
- Medicine
- Cardiology
- Artificial Organs
- Prosthesis
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Artificial Heart Valves
- Health & Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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