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Lillehei-Kaster Pivoting Disk Heart Valve

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    Object Details

    Description (Brief)

    This artificial heart valve was developed by engineer Robert Kaster (born 1933 ) and Dr. C. Walton Lillehei (1918-1999). Under Lellehei’s direction, Kaster made changes to an earlier design developed by Dr. Antonio Cruz.
    The Lillehei-Kaster valve, clinically introduced in 1969, is a free-floating tilting disk heart valve. It is made with an inner titanium orifice ring with two small inner supports, and two lateral titanium struts extending from the support. The sewing ring is made of Teflon. By 1977 this valve had been implanted in 40,000 patients. The Lillehei-Kaster valve was manufactured by Medical Incorporated of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    Dr. Patrick K. C. Chun

    ID Number

    1981.0731.05

    accession number

    1981.0731

    catalog number

    1981.0731.05

    Object Name

    artificial heart valve
    cardiology

    Other Terms

    Surgery

    Measurements

    overall: 2 3/8 in x 3 3/8 in; 6.0325 cm x 8.5725 cm

    place made

    United States: Minnesota, Minneapolis

    Related Publication

    Prosthetic Heart Valves

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    Medicine and Science: Medicine
    Artificial Heart Valves
    Health & Medicine

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Subject

    Cardiology
    Medicine
    Artificial Organs
    Prosthesis

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-2402-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_735415

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