Cardio West Total Artificial Heart
name: label: maker
content: SynCardia Systems Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: The CardioWest Artificial Heart is a smaller version of the Jarvik-7 Artificial Heart developed in the 1980's at the University of Utah. The CardioWest is used as a bridge to transplant, a temporary measure replacing a failing diseased heart with a mechanical pump while waiting for a human heart for transplantation.
label: Description
content: This artifical heart made by SynCardia Systems, Inc. was temporary pump for patients awaiting transplant. Marvin J. Slepian was president of SynCardia Systems, Inc., and a professor at University of Arizona
label: Description
content: Ref: “Heart Device is Approved by F.D.A.,” New York Times (Oct. 19, 2004), p. C2.
label: Description
content: “FDA Approves Artificial Heart For Those Awaiting Transplant,” Washington Post (Oct. 19, 2004), p. A3.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Arizona, Tucson
topic: label: Subject
content: Cardiology
label: Subject
content: Surgery
label: Subject
content: Health Care
label: Subject
content: Artificial Organs
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Artificial Hearts
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Copeland, Jack G. et al. Bridge to transplantation with the CardioWest total artificial heart: the international experience 1993 to 1995
label: Related Publication
content: Copeland, Jack G., III, M.D. et al. Comparison of the CardioWest Total Artificial heart, the Novacor Left Ventricular Assist system in bridge to transplantation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Arthur A. Ciarkowski
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0337.01
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0337.01
label: accession number
content: 2003.0337
label: serial number
content: 35328L089
objectType: label: Object Name
content: artificial heart
label: Object Name
content: cardiology
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 cm x 14 cm x 8 cm; 13 25/32 in x 5 1/2 in x 3 5/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 5 1/2 in x 14 in; 10.16 cm x 13.97 cm x 35.56 cm