Vest
name: label: user
content: Christerson, Tom
label: maker
content: Stream Designs
notes: label: Description
content: Fishing vest worn by Tom Christerson, the second recipient of the AbioCor Total Artificial Heart. George Pantalos, a member of the Jewish Hospital Surgical team that implanted the AbioCor into Mr. Christerson in 2001, modified the vest to accommodate the external battery pack and cables enabling the patient to move about more freely.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Terror Attacks Put Off Surgery To Implant Artificial Heart,” New York Times (Sept. 16, 2001), pp. 25 and 30.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Patti Pryor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0230.01
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0230.01
label: accession number
content: 2003.0230
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Vest
label: Object Name
content: vest, modified, artificial heart
label: Object Name
content: vest, fishing
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 62 cm x 62 cm; 24 7/16 in x 24 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, as folded: 3 1/2 in x 13 in x 12 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 33.02 cm x 31.75 cm