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Artificial heart inside the chest 2, 1965

 Item — Reel: 67

Scope and Contents

Sequence: Pendulum heart in mock circulation; close-up of pendulum; air driven hearts; NASA control equipment; wave form of driving air pressure; demonstration of recoil due to abrupt driving air pressure; dog with heart in chest. Wires being repaired; NASA control equipment and recorders, Seidel and Molopoulous; dog coming out of anesthesia with an artificial heart; Norton reciprocating air pump; Norton hearts, right and left; Norton drive (newer model); vacuum control system, anti-suction bellows; devcon master molds for Silastic hearts; molding technique for RTV Silastic; removal of molds; inside of molds; making of metal disposable casts; assembly of casts; layering of silastic on metal molds; completed Silastic heart with coils; Holter company; Holter injection molds; finishing disposable metal molds; removal of metal mold by melting; assembly of artificial heart; testing air driven artificial hearts in mock circulation; recording equipment; calf with artificial heart; tracing; and calf drinking water. 32 minutes.

Dates

  • 1965

Conditions Governing Access

Materials must be used on-site; no use of original material, access copies will be made available for viewing. Five business days advanced notice required. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.

Extent

From the Collection: 200 16mm film

From the Collection: 8 8mm film

From the Collection: 10 U-matic

From the Collection: 2 Betacam

From the Collection: 18 VHS

From the Collection: 11 Audiocassette

From the Collection: 4 reel-to-reel audiotapes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: Dutch; Flemish

From the Collection: Japanese

Physical Description

genreform: 16mm film

Physical Facet

Sound, color

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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