Valve, cardiac

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OBJECT TYPE
aortic/human tissue
DATE
1978
ARTIFACT NUMBER
2002.0772.001
MANUFACTURER
Unknown
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
Unknown

More Information


General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
homograft prosthetic valve
Patents
N/A
General Description
human tissue

Dimensions

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

Length
5.1 cm
Width
4.8 cm
Height
4.0 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
Ontario
Period
This type first used in 1955. This example prepared in 1978.
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. This type of valve first used in a human by Dr. Gordon Murray in 1955 at the Toronto General Hospital. This valve was exhibited at TTH Cardiovascular Surgery exhibit organised by Dr. W.G. Bigelow. The exhibit's purpose was to demonstrate Dr. Gordon Murray's use of free aortic homografts. [Ref. 3]
Function
Unknown
Technical
Human aortic valve, including resected aortic root, three leaflets, and base of heart with left ventricular opening; one coronary ostia. [Ref. 3]
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
None evident. Tag tied to valve reads ""994.1.2/ Homograft/ valve, 1978/ (taken from/ recently diceased [sic] human, freeze/ dried.)" and "994.1.2/ 1st used in/ human by/ Gordon Murray/ in 1955 at/ T G H. "
Missing
Unknown.
Finish
Natural human tissue, freeze dried.
Decoration
N/A

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