Valve, cardiac

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OBJECT TYPE: aortic/Hufnagel
DATE: 1956–1963
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0773.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: prosthetic valve
Patents: N/A
General Description: synthetic and metal components

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 6.8 cm
Width: 4.9 cm
Height: 4.3 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Research
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: This type of valve used c. 1956- 1963. This valve never used.
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.
Function: For descending aorta: used to replace leaking aortic valve.
Technical: Used pre- open heart surgery. Not in use after 1980.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None, save UHN catalogue no. "994.1.3" printed by hand in black ink on inside edge of one open end of valve casing.
Missing: Unknown.
Finish: Clear synthetic casing is open on both ends: triangular-shaped central bulge houses off-white synthetic ball with embedded metal wire encircling circumference; perforated white synthetic rings fitted to each end of valve casing.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Valve, cardiac, between 1956–1963, Artifact no. 2002.0773, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2002.0773.001/

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