Guide to Collections Relating to the History of Artificial Internal Organs

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

Baxter Healthcare Corp.   1 Baxter Parkway, Deerfield, Illinois 60015 (847) 948-2000 (847) 948-3642 www.baxter.com   Eileen Shiman     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.     Collections Baxter Healthcare Corporation Collection     About 100 objects   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.   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."   No listing of collections items available.   Permission required.

Last reviewed: 27 August 2008
Last updated: 16 September 2004
First published: 01 March 2002
Metadata| Permanence level: Permanent: Dynamic Content