Carrel-Lindbergh perfusion pump
Carrel-Lindbergh perfusion pump
- Description
- This perfusion pump was invented by aviator Charles Lindbergh and Dr. Alexis Carrel, recipient of the 1912 Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine for his work in vascular surgery.
- The glass pump was used to preserve animal organs outside the body, by pushing "artificial blood" through the pump and into the organ by way of a tube connected to the organ's artery keeping the organ alive for weeks. The Lindbergh-Carrel perfusion pump led to the development of the heart-lung machine and the feasibility of stopping the heart for open-heart surgery.
- date made
- ca 1935
- inventor
- Lindbergh, Charles A.
- maker
- Hopf, Otto
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 45 cm x 20 cm x 11 cm; 17 23/32 in x 7 7/8 in x 4 11/32 in
- ID Number
- MG.M-12298
- accession number
- 279576
- catalog number
- M-12298
- Credit Line
- Georgetown University
- subject
- Medical
- Artificial Organs
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Artificial Hearts
- Exhibition
- Exhibit:
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
