DeBakey By-Pass Pump
date: label: date made
content: ca 1965
label: date(s) of previous ownership
content: 1985-03-28
notes: label: Description
content: The DeBakey paracorporeal left ventricular assist device was developed by scientists at Baylor and Rice Universities. The pump is gas generated and is made with Dacron reinforced with Salastic. A diaphragm separates the gas chamber from the blood chamber.
label: Description
content: This example was developed by Dr. Michael DeBakey (1908-2008) in the mid-1960's. The pump lies outside the body, one tube is inserted into the left atrium, and a second tube goes into the right auxiliary artery. DeBakey reported on three cases using this pump in a 1971 article "Left Ventricular Bypass Pump for Cardiac Assistance" in The American Journal of Cardiology.
label: Description
content: This pump is a direct descendant of an earlier by-pass pump developed in DeBakey’s laboratory. See Accession 256189.01.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Texas, Houston
topic: label: Subject
content: Cardiology
label: Subject
content: Artificial Organs
label: Subject
content: Medicine
label: Subject
content: Invention
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Artificial Hearts
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: DeBakey, Michael E., M.D., FACC. Left Ventricular Bypass Pump for Cardiac Assistance
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0165.872
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0165.872
label: accession number
content: 2012.0165
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pump, by-pass, cardiac
label: Object Name
content: by-pass pump
label: Other Terms
content: pump, by-pass, cardiac; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: dacron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: salastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 cm x 7 cm; 5 1/8 in x 2 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, mounted: 9 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in x 3 in; 23.495 cm x 9.525 cm x 7.62 cm