Brief Description

Two orthopaedic prostheses to replace hip ball-and-socket joint. Item 1 is a 5 cm ball, item 2 is slightly larger at 5.4 cm.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Stainless steel and ?aluminium.

References

Book: Edmonson and Crenshaw (eds), 1980. "Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics" (Mosby, 6th ed.).

Brief Description

Orthopaedic prosthesis to replace hip ball-and-socket joint. 5.4 cm ball.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Stainless steel.

References

Book: Edmonson and Crenshaw (eds), 1980. "Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics" (Mosby, 6th ed.).

Brief Description

Orthopaedic prosthesis to replace femur ball-and-socket joint. 5.4 cm ball.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Stainless steel.

References

Book: Edmonson and Crenshaw (eds), 1980. "Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics" (Mosby, 6th ed.).

Brief Description

Orthopaedic prosthesis cup for the ball-and-socket joint. This socket is 5.6 cm in diameter.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Stainless steel.

References

Book: Edmonson and Crenshaw (eds), 1980. "Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics" (Mosby, 6th ed.).

Brief Description

Elema-Schönander pacemaker, model EM 139. Transparent amber plastic casing with endocardial catheter.

History of Object

Has battery life of two years. The output rate is 70 per minute fixed rate or at any rate between 50-90 per minute to special order. Unit is implanted subcutaneously and uses an endocardial catheter as an electrode passed up a vein into the ventricle of the heart.

Materials and Finishes

Plastic, metal, wire (coated) and glass.

References

Association File: Heart Valve Replacement.

Brief Description

Hufnagel distal ball aortic heart valve for the descending thoracic aorta. Clear plastic cylinder with three bulges around middle which allow plastic sphere to bob around.

History of Object

Devised for patients with aortic insufficiency, being inserted in the descending thoracic aorta. This is the first articial heart valve to be produced. Hufnagel commenced using them in 1952.

Materials and Finishes

Plastic.

References

Association File. Prostheses: Heart Valve Replacement.
Booklet: U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1967: "Fact Sheet: Artifical Parts for the Heart and Blood Vessels", p.6.

Brief Description

Aortic homograft in perspex box, used in association with Shumway-Angell-Cutter ring.

History of Object

Was removed post-mortem from accident victim; trimmed and preserved.

Materials and Finishes

Muscle, perspex and chemical.

References

Association File. Prostheses: Heart Valve Replacement.

Brief Description

Hufnagel discoid mitral valve. Consists of ?teflon covered plastic disc supporting a three-footed cap.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Plastic and teflon.

References

Association File. Prostheses: Heart Valve Replacement.
Supplementary File: journal article regarding object (Sandorama 1966/111).

Brief Description

Starr-Edwards aortic heart valve (beyond stage 3; only has 3 struts instead of 4) with silicone rubber ball, and teflon sewing ring.

History of Object

See registration number 2168 for a later model.

Materials and Finishes

Metal, teflon and rubber (silicone).

References

Association File. Prostheses: Heart Valve Replacement.

Brief Description

Starr-Edwards aortic heart valve (beyond stage 3; has 3 struts instead of 4, and a metal ball), with hollow metal ball and teflon sewing ring, plus struts.

History of Object

See registration number 2167 for an earlier model.

Materials and Finishes

Metal and teflon.

References

Association File. Prostheses: Heart Valve Replacement.

Brief Description

Starr-Edwards mitral heart valve (perhaps Stage 4), consisting of silicone rubber ball in 4-strut cage with teflon cloth sewing ring at base.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Metal, teflon and rubber (silicone).

References

Association File. Prostheses: Heart Valve Replacement.
Supplementary File: X-ray of a patient with prosthesis in position.

Brief Description

? Heart valve featuring cage with 3 struts which do not meet at top or bottom; also has teflon ring and silicone rubber ball.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Metal, teflon and rubber (silicone).

References

Association File. Prostheses: Heart Valve Replacement.

Brief Description

Two St. George's Hospital pacemakers, in white-grey casing with unipolar stainless steel wire and electrodes. By Devices Implants Ltd.

History of Object

Three year battery life. 70 per minute fixed rate or as required iwthin the range 40-120 per minute. It uses a unipolar stainless steel wire sutured to the epicardium. The unit requires a thoracotomy for insertion of electrode. The unit is inserted subcutaneously in the abdominal wall.

Materials and Finishes

Rubber, plastic, stainless steel, metal and wire.

References

Association File. Prostheses: Heart Valve Replacement.

Brief Description

Shumway-Angell-Cutter graft support ring for the mitral orifice of a diseased heart; ring-shaped with three projections; all teflon covered. In plastic box.

History of Object

This device would be used in transplanting the aortic valve of an animal or human into the mitral orifice of a diseased heart. The technique is described in the first reference.

Materials and Finishes

Metal, teflon, plastic and paper (printed).

References

Journal: Medical Journal of Australia, 22 Feb. 1969.
Association File. Prostheses: Heart Valve Replacement.

Brief Description

Three glass cones for visual check on steps in (A.S.D.). Closure through the well, plus rubber sleeve.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Glass and rubber.

References

Association File. Prostheses: Heart Valve Replacement.
Supplementary File: for slides illustrating A.S.D. well procedure using rubber sleeve.

Brief Description

Two sample cards of dacron grafts with different sizes hand-sewn to card. First card displays woven dacron and teflon felt; second card bears knitted dacron plus bifurcated examples.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Dacron, teflon and cardboard.

References