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Guide to Collections Relating to the History of Artificial Internal Organs
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ABIOMED
Arrow International
Baxter Health Care Corporation
Boston Scientific Corporation SCIMED
CardioWest Technologies Inc.
Datascope Corporation
Institute for Biomedical Engineering
L-VAD Technology Inc.
McGowan Center for Artificial Organs
Medtronic Inc.
Senko Medical Instrument Mfg. Co., Ltd.
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems
Terumo R&D Center
Texas Heart Institute
Thermo Cardiosystems Inc.
Thoratec Laboratories Corporation
University of Michigan Extracorporeal Circulation Laboratory
University of Ottowa Heart Institute
University of Sao Paulo, Heart Institute, Bioengineering Division
University of Utah, Bioengineering Department
Utah Artificial Heart Institute
Vitagen Incorporated |
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Baxter Healthcare Corp. |
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1 Baxter Parkway, Deerfield, Illinois 60015 |
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(847) 948-2000 |
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(847) 948-3642 |
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www.baxter.com |
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Eileen Shiman |
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![Abstract](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081108160908im_/http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/manuscripts/asaio/images/abstract.gif) |
Baxter delivers critical therapies for life-threatening conditions related to the blood and circulatory system. This includes: products that collect, separate and store blood, as well as therapeutic proteins derived from blood; renal products that cleanse the blood; and intravenous (IV) products that infuse drugs and other solutions into the blood. Baxter is well known for providing a range of renal dialysis products and services to support people with kidney failure. The company is the world's leading manufacturer of products for peritoneal dialysis (PD), a home dialysis therapy. |
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Collections
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Baxter Healthcare Corporation Collection |
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About 100 objects |
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This collection currently resides with the Global Education facility and training program in Largo, Florida. This facility, under the direction of John Sweeny, displays these objects in a museum area approximately 1,000 square feet in size. |
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This collection includes thirty to forty dialyzers, twenty machines, mugs (and other ephemeral materials), equipment manuals, photos, among other historical materials. There is an attractive timeline presented to visitors on the wall of the museum. There also exists a 29-minute tape on the history of dialysis, entitled "Genesis of the Artificial Kidney." |
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No listing of collections items available. |
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Permission required. |
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Last reviewed: 27 August 2008
Last updated: 16 September 2004
First published: 01 March 2002
Metadata| Permanence level: Permanent: Dynamic Content