Japanese Mitral Valve
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The donor Manuel “Manny” Villafaña entrepreneur and CEO of six companies over many years developed a collection of artificial heart valves. This Japanese mitral valve with a non-tilting disc valve is one example. The development of artificial heart valves took place in many countries around the world, and there were many international collaborations.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
topic: label: Subject
content: Cardiology
label: Subject
content: Prosthesis
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Manuel Villafaña
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0031.53
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0031.53
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: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.2 cm x 3.3 cm; 15/32 in x 1 5/16 in