The N 100PC Blood Pump and Energy Convertor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1990
name: label: maker
content: World Heart Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This version of the N100PC ventricular assist drive without encapsulation shows the inner workings of the pump. The N100PC was used in clinical trials between1993 and 2011.
label: Description
content: A Ventricular Assist Device (VAD), is a mechanical pump used to partially or completely replace a diseased human heart. Unlike a total artificial heart, the patient’s human heart is left in place, helping the damaged to push blood through the body.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Berkeley
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
label: Subject
content: Cardiology
label: Subject
content: Artificial Organs
label: Subject
content: Health Care
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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: Daniel, M. A.; Lee, J.; LaForge, D. H.; Chen, H.; Miller, P. J.; Ramasamy, N.; Strauss, L. R.; Jassawalla, J. S.; Portner, P. M.. Clinical evaluation of the Novacor totally implantable ventricular assist system. Currrent status
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of World Heart Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0197.08
label: accession number
content: 2011.0197
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0197.08
label: patent number
content: 4,167,046
objectType: label: Object Name
content: blood pump and energy convertor
label: Object Name
content: cardiolgy
label: Object Name
content: cardiology
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in; 6.35 cm x 13.97 cm x 16.51 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19.8 cm x 15.5 cm x 6 1/2 in; 7 25/32 in x 6 3/32 in x 16.51 cm