Schimert-Cutter Heart Valve
Schimert-Cutter Heart Valve
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- 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 located in Berkeley, California.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- cardiology
- artificial heart valve
- date made
- ca 1967
- maker
- Cutter Laboratories, Inc.
- place made
- United States: California, Berkeley
- 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
- ID Number
- 2015.0031.47
- catalog number
- 2015.0031.47
- accession number
- 2015.0031
- serial number
- 656R
- Credit Line
- Gift of Manuel Villafaña
- subject
- 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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