Hufnagel Trileaflet Artificial Heart Valve
name: label: maker
content: Hufnagel, Charles A.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This is an early prototype of a curvilinear-shaped artificial heart valve developed by pioneering heart surgeon Dr. Charles Hufnagel (1916-1989) and his team at the Georgetown University.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The materials used to fabricate this prostethic were polypropylene cloth, metal frame and metal leaflets polypropylene coated in silicone. Because the silicone rubber proved to be less flexible than desired, their design was not used extensively.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
label: Subject
content: Cardiology
label: Subject
content: Prosthesis
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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: Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation. Journal of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, Vol 11
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Charles A. Hufnagel, M.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-11582.09
label: catalog number
content: M-11582.09
label: accession number
content: 267860
objectType: label: Object Name
content: artificial heart valve
label: Object Name
content: cardiology
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: polypropylene (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 1 in; 1.905 cm x 2.54 cm