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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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Cardiology
Medicine
Artificial Organs
Prosthesis
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_735415