Scottish Heart Valve
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This valve developed in Scotland bears a resemblance to the Bjork-Shiley design. It has a concave disc and the same placement and curvature of the metal prongs which hold the disc in place. This is a tilting disc valve, possibly made of pyrolytic carbon. According to the donor Manuel "Manny" Villafaña "there's not much to tell" about this valve.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Cardiology
label: Subject
content: Artificial Organs
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Manuel Villafaña
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0031.51
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0031.51
label: accession number
content: 2015.0031
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cardiology
label: Object Name
content: artificial heart valve
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cloth (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .7 cm x 3.5 cm; 9/32 in x 1 3/8 in