Bakken Library and Museum
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Deutsches Hygiene-Museum
Deutsches Medizinhistorisches Museum
DeWitt Stetten Jr. Museum of Medical Research
Dittrick Medical History Center
Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences
International Center for Artificial Organs and Transplantation
International Center for Medical Technologies
International Museum of Surgical Science
John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center
Mayo Foundation Archives, Mayo Clinic
Medical History Museum of the University of Copenhagen
Medical History Museum of the University of Zurich
Medicinhistoriska Museet
Minnesota Historical Society
Museu Nacional de Historia da Medicina
Museum Boerhaave
Museum of Health Care at Kingston
Mutter Museum
National Library of Medicine
National Museum of American History
National Museum of Health and Medicine
Science Museum of London
Semmelweis Medical Historical Museum, Library and Archives
Thackray Museum
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Medical Museum
University of Utah, Marriott Library, Special Collections
University of Washington
Vanderbilt University
Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine
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International Center for Artificial Organs and Transplantation (ICAOT)/International Center for Medical Technologies (ICMT), Baylor College of Medicine |
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8937 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 |
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(216) 229-1800 |
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Joanne Elser, Director, Publications and Information |
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Currently the ICAOT collection is on permanent loan to International Center for Medical Technologies (ICMT), a subsidiary of the ICAOT.
ICMT Headquarters is located at:
6410 Fannin, Suite 450, Houston, Texas 77030
Tel: (713) 798-6317 Fax (713) 798-8439
Contact person: Julia Glueck, Executive Director
Email: jglueck@bcm.tmc.edu
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The ICAOT and ICMT operate and maintain an information and education center for education of the professional and lay public in the historical development, current state of the art, and future development of artificial organs and organ transplantation during the last twenty years. |
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Collections
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ICAOT Artifact Collection, predominantly 20th century |
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More than 2,000 artifacts |
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The ICAOT is located in Cleveland, Ohio in recognition of the city's pioneering role in the development of artificial organ technology and operated under the trusteeship of the International Society for Artificial Organs. The ICMT, a subsidiary of the International Center for Artificial Organs and Transplantation, displays artifacts from the ICAOT collection in exhibits located at the George Bush Heart Center and Cullen Pavilion of Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas. |
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The ICAOT collection focuses on cardiovascular prostheses, oxygenators, artificial kidneys, among other related artifacts in the history of artificial organ developments. Artifacts have been grouped under the following subheadings:
- Artificial Blood
- Blood Pressure Determination
- Blood Pump, Finger
- Blood Pumps, Piston
- Blood Pumps, Roller
- Blood Transfusion
- Bloodletting
- Heart, Artificial (Total Heart)
- Heart, Artificial Assist Devices
- Heart Valve Prosthesis
- Hemofiltration
- Hemoperfusion
- Implants, Plastic, etc.
- Kidney, Artificial (Hemodialysis)
- Organs Preservation
- Oxygenators, Capillary
- Oxygenators, Centrifugal
- Oxygenators, Bubble
- Oxygenators, Rotary Disc
- Oxygenators, Membrane
- Oxygenators, Spiral
- Oxygenators, Hollow Fiber
- Plasmapheresis
- Miscellananeous
- Video Tapes
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An inventory listing is available from the ICAOT head office in Cleveland. |
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