Carpentier-Edwards Artificial Aortic Heart Valve, Model # 3000
date: label: date made
content: ca 2004
name: label: maker
content: Edwards Lifesciences LLC
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This 23mm Carpentier-Edwards Perimount Magna aortic heart valve is a tri-leaflet design. The frame or stent is made from Eligiloy, a strong and durable alloy, and tissue from bovine pericardium. The silicone rubber sewing ring is covered with polyester woven fabric.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The valve is housed in a sealed round plastic jar in a sterilized solution. Two pages of product literature, implant patient registration, plus the jar are housed in a square pliable plastic box.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Irvine
topic: label: Subject
content: Cardiology
label: Subject
content: Surgery
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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: Edwards Lifesciences LLC
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0003.01
label: serial number
content: KG6368
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0003.01
label: accession number
content: 2006.0003
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cardiology
label: Object Name
content: valve, heart, aortic
label: Object Name
content: artificial aortic heart valve
label: Object Name
content: heart valve
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bovine paricardium (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: polyester (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silicone (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: colbalt (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 5.715 cm x 6.985 cm x 6.985 cm