Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This sutureless Lillehei-Kaster bi-leaflet valve was introduced in 1970. the valve is embedded in plastic to be used as an advertising tool. It is made of titanium and pyrolite coated graphite. It had low embolic rate, good hemodynamics, and low hemolysis.
- Tilting disc valves were first introduced by Lillehei-Kaster in 1969. Robert Kaster earned his electrical engineering degree from the University of Minnesota (1951). He became interested in designing prostheses while working in Dr. C. Walt. Lillehei's laboratory. It was there that he designed the tilting disc valve. The disc is held in place by two side prongs. Kaster also worked with another valve creator, Jack Bokros, to develop his disc. Lillehei-Kaster valves were produced by Medical Incorporated of Minneapolis. These valves demonstrated high durability due to their pyrolyte composition and had "essentially no valve failures."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Manuel Villafaña
- after 1970
- ID Number
- 2015.0031.62
- catalog number
- 2015.0031.62
- accession number
- 2015.0031
- Object Name
- artificial heart valve
- cardiology
- artificial heart valves
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- pyrolytic carbon (overall material)
- graphite (overall material)
- titanium (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.9 cm x 3.3 cm x 1.7 cm; 1 5/32 in x 1 5/16 in x 21/32 in
- place made
- United States: Minnesota, Minneapolis
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Artificial Heart Valves
- Health & Medicine
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Cardiology
- Artificial Organs
- Prosthesis
- Record ID
- nmah_1757060
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-9a74-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
