Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This prosthetic is neither a ball valve nor a disc valve. It has a cloth sewing ring, and the plastic "leaflets" resemble a fan.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Credit Line
- Gift of Manuel Villafaña
- Physical Description
- cloth (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1.8 cm x 3 cm x 3 cm; 23/32 in x 1 3/16 in x 1 3/16 in
- Object Name
- cardiology
- artificial heart valve
