Valve, cardiac

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OBJECT TYPE: disc
DATE: 1975–1979
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0791.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
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: [Human ?] tissue covering on [silver metal ?] ring; 2 curved synthetic [?] struts have smooth white finish; white synthetic disc; blue-green thread visible on underside of valve ring.

Dimensions

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Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: 1.6 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 3.9 cm
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: Unknown
Period: This type of valve believed developed and used c. 1975-1979. 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: None, save UHN catalogue no. "995.4.40" printed by hand in black ink on one side of disc.
Missing: Unknown.
Finish: [Human ?] tissue covering on [silver metal ?] ring; 2 curved synthetic [?] struts have smooth white finish; white synthetic disc; blue-green thread visible on underside of valve ring.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Valve, cardiac, circa 1975–1979, Artifact no. 2002.0791, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0791.001/

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