Object Details
- Description
- The DeBakey paracorporeal left ventricular assist device was developed by scientists at Baylor and Rice Universities. The pump is gas generated and is made with Dacron reinforced with Salastic. A diaphragm separates the gas chamber from the blood chamber.
- This example was developed by Dr. Michael DeBakey (1908-2008) in the mid-1960's. The pump lies outside the body, one tube is inserted into the left atrium, and a second tube goes into the right auxiliary artery. DeBakey reported on three cases using this pump in a 1971 article "Left Ventricular Bypass Pump for Cardiac Assistance" in The American Journal of Cardiology.
- This pump is a direct descendant of an earlier by-pass pump developed in DeBakey’s laboratory. See Accession 256189.01.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
- ca 1965
- date(s) of previous ownership
- 1985-03-28
- ID Number
- 2012.0165.872
- catalog number
- 2012.0165.872
- accession number
- 2012.0165
- Object Name
- pump, by-pass, cardiac
- by-pass pump
- Other Terms
- pump, by-pass, cardiac; Medicine
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- dacron (overall material)
- salastic (overall material)
- rubber (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 cm x 7 cm; 5 1/8 in x 2 3/4 in
- overall, mounted: 9 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in x 3 in; 23.495 cm x 9.525 cm x 7.62 cm
- place made
- United States: Texas, Houston
- Related Publication
- DeBakey, Michael E., M.D., FACC. Left Ventricular Bypass Pump for Cardiac Assistance
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Artificial Hearts
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Cardiology
- Artificial Organs
- Medicine
- Invention
- Record ID
- nmah_738855
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-0997-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
