Valve, cardiac

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OBJECT TYPE: ball
DATE: 1978
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0777.001

MANUFACTURER: Baxter-Edwards
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: White fabric covering on ring and curved silver metal struts forming dome over ball; silver metal ball.

Dimensions

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

Length: 3.4 cm
Width: 3.4 cm
Height: 3.1 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: Baxter Edwards
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: This type of valve developed and used c. 1978. 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: Unknown
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: UHN catalogue no. "994.1.7" printed by hand in black ink on ball. Paper tag tied to valve reads "Ball valve,/ closed cage,/ cloth covered, 1978." and "994.1.7".
Missing: Unknown.
Finish: White fabric covering on ring and 4 curved silver metal struts forming dome over ball; silver metal ball.
Decoration: N/A

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