Schimert-Cutter Heart Valve

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Schimert-Cutter Valve, ca 1967
Schimert-Cutter Valve
Schimert-Cutter Valve
Schimert-Cutter Valve
Schimert-Cutter Valve
Schimert-Cutter Valve
Description:

The Schimert-Cutter valve also known as the "Toilet Seat" valve dates to 1967/1968. It is 29 mm in diameter with serial number 656R. According to donor Manuel “Manny” Villafaña, this valve was never implanted and never went into production because it does not always close properly, a significant structural issue.

Dr. George Schimert (1918-2000) was born in Switzerland, grew up in Budapest, Hungary, and received his medical degrees from Pazmany Peter University in Hungary, and Freidrich Wilhelm University in Germany. Cutter Laboratories founded by Edward Ahern Cutter in 1897 was a family-owned pharmaceutical company in Berkeley, California.

Date Made: ca 1967

Maker: Cutter Laboratories, Inc.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: California, Berkeley

Subject: CardiologyArtificial OrgansProsthesis

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Artificial Heart Valves, Health & Medicine

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: Gift of Manuel Villafaña

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2015.0031.47Catalog Number: 2015.0031.47Accession Number: 2015.0031Serial Number: 656R

Object Name: cardiologyartificial heart valve

Physical Description: plastic (valve material)cloth (valve material)metal (valve material)Measurements: overall: 1.1 cm x 3.6 cm; 7/16 in x 1 13/32 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b0-f4fe-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1726286

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