Japanese Mitral Valve
Japanese Mitral Valve
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- Description (Brief)
- The donor Manuel “Manny” Villafaña entrepreneur and CEO of six companies over many years developed a collection of artificial heart valves. This Japanese mitral valve with a non-tilting disc valve is one example. The development of artificial heart valves took place in many countries around the world, and there were many international collaborations.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- cardiology
- artificial heart valve
- place made
- Japan
- Physical Description
- cloth (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1.2 cm x 3.3 cm; 15/32 in x 1 5/16 in
- ID Number
- 2015.0031.53
- catalog number
- 2015.0031.53
- accession number
- 2015.0031
- Credit Line
- Gift of Manuel Villafaña
- subject
- Cardiology
- Prosthesis
- Artificial Organs
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Artificial Heart Valves
- Health & Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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