Carpentier-Edwards Bioprosthesis
date: label: date made
content: About 1980
notes: label: Description
content: A metal plaque on the base reads “Carpentier-Edwards / Bioprosthesis / American Edwards Laboratories.” Alain Frédéric Carpentier (b. 1933) is a French surgeon who specialized in mitral valve repair. Edwards Laboratories was established by Miles “Lowell” Edwards in 1958 and purchased by American Hospital Supply Corporation in 1966.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. Patrick K. C. Chun
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0731.09
label: accession number
content: 1981.0731
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0731.09
objectType: label: Object Name
content: valve, display
label: Object Name
content: cardiology
label: Other Terms
content: Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 3 3/8 in x 4 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 8.5725 cm x 11.43 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 cm x 8.3 cm x 11.5 cm; 4 5/16 in x 3 1/4 in x 4 1/2 in