Holder, valve

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OBJECT TYPE: cardiac/sutureless/Magovern
DATE: 1965
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0476.001

MANUFACTURER: Surgitool Inc.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: silver metal

Dimensions

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

Length: 19.5 cm
Width: 5.0 cm
Height: 2.6 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Surgitool
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Pennsylvania
City: Pittsburgh

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: This type of instrument used c. 1960s +. This example may be unused.
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. This instrument originally donated to the Toronto Hospital Archives in 1994, by Dr. W.G. Bigelow, Toronto, Ont. in 1994. Dr. Bigelow's donation included surgical instruments used by him, and instruments collected by Dr. Bigelow but used by other physicians. Wilfred G. Bigelow (b. 1913) has made numerous important contributions to medical science in general, and to the development of cardiac surgery and the treatment of heart disease in particular.
Function: To securely hold and safely position a Magovern pattern sutureless heart valve.
Technical: Instrument and procedure developed by Dr. George Magovern in 1961, while training at Allegheny General hospital in Pittsburgh. Magovern's valve could be clamped into place with small teeth embedded in it's perimeter, allowing surgeons to make the repair in two or three minutes, rather than 40 to 45. As a result, a procedure which previously had a 70- to 80- percent mortality rate was saving 19 of 20 patients.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "Surgitool Inc. Pgh. Pa." and "#4" incised in instrument.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Brushed silver metal finish.
Decoration: N/A

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Surgitool Inc., Holder, valve, circa 1965, Artifact no. 2002.0476, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0476.001/

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