Hall-Kaster Prostetic Heart Valve
date: label: date made
content: ca 1980
name: label: maker
content: Medtronic
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Hall-Kaster artificial heart valve has a pivotal Pyrolyte disk design, and a titanium cage. The sewing ring is covered in woven Teflon. A hole in the center of the disk is held in place by a central strut and two smaller struts emanating from the outer flange. Introduced in 1977, the Hall-Kaster valve was manufactured by Medtronic, and the name was later changed to the Medtronic-Hall heart valve.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Cardiology
label: Subject
content: Prosthesis
label: Subject
content: Medicine
label: Subject
content: Artificial Organs
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Artificial Heart Valves
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content: Health & Medicine
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol. 69
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: 1981.0731.10
label: accession number
content: 1981.0731
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0731.10
label: model number
content: M7700 29MHK
label: serial number
content: 29M 0167 09
objectType: label: Object Name
content: artificial heart valve
label: Object Name
content: cardiology
label: Other Terms
content: Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: teflon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pyrolyte (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: titanium (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 2.2225 cm x 7.3025 cm x 8.89 cm