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

Senko Medical Instrument Mfg. Co., Ltd.   23-13 Hongo, 3-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan 81 3 5800 1005   Mr. Yoshio Aoki, President   Appointment required.       Collections Senko Medical Instrument Mfg. Co., Ltd. Collections, predominantly 20th century         Collection items relating to the history of artificial organs include: Kolff's drum kidney machine (duplicated by Senko) Coil dialyzer Plate-type dialyzer Alwall-type dialyzer Metal finger pump Roller pump Lillihei type oxygenator Rotating disc oxygenator Hepatic assist (Nose, Mikami) Various types of heart valves 3 Cleveland Clinic Total Artificial Hearts (Nose) Akutsu Houston-type Total Artificial Heart (Akutsu) University of Tokyo Total Artificial Heart (Atsumi)

Last reviewed: 27 August 2008
Last updated: 21 September 2004
First published: 01 March 2002
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