St. Jude Medical Standard Aortic Heart Valve
name: label: maker
content: St. Jude Medical
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This is a St. Jude Medical demonstation mechanical 27mm bi-valve aortic artificial heart valve. The leaflets are made of graphite and coated with pyrolytic carbon. A white polyester cuff or sewing ring is implanted by sewing it into the patient's tissue.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Minnesota, St. Paul
topic: label: Subject
content: Cardiology
label: Subject
content: Medicine
label: Subject
content: Prosthesis
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Artificial Heart Valves
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: St. Jude Medical
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0275.08
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0275.08
label: accession number
content: 2005.0275
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cardiology
label: Object Name
content: artificial heart valve
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: graphite (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: polyester (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.27 cm x 2.8575 cm