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Artificial heart from the Cleveland Clinic, undated

 Item — Reel: 107

Scope and Contents

Shows an artificial heart in operation on pump as well as an artificial ventricle, a real ventricle, and a Teflon ventricle with the valves opening and closing. This film also shows Atrioventricular window patches 8-21 days. These include two silastic, one polyurethane smooth, two knitted Teflon, two collagen, and one polyurethane sponge. In closing, they show a monocusp valve.

Dates

  • undated

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

Silent, color

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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