Heart of carbon : the story behind the pursuit of the perfect mechanical heart valve

Heart of carbon : the story behind the pursuit of the perfect mechanical heart valve / Jack Bokros.

This book offers a historical account of the development of the On-X carbon mechanical heart valve, discussing the steps involved in developing the materials, and describes how the design of the valve has evolved over the years. It explores both the scientific and corporate problems researchers have...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bokros, Jack (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2023]
Subjects:
Heart valve prosthesis.
Heart valve prosthesis industry > History.
Heart valve prosthesis
Heart valve prosthesis industry
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Timeline of Events/Overview
  • Nuclear Foundations
  • Origin and Characterization of Medical Carbons
  • Gotts Early Experience A Lesson in Serendipity
  • First Carbon Heart Valve Replacement
  • First All-Carbon Mitral Valve Replacement
  • Monoleaflet Tilting Disc Valves
  • First Bileaflet Valve: St Jude Medical Start-up
  • General Atomic Medical Products Division
  • Carbomedics Gets Acquainted With Intermedics
  • Carbomedics Moves to Austin Texas
  • The Hemex Venture
  • The St Jude Medical Litigation
  • Broadening the Horizon
  • Two Valves for China
  • Negotiating Chinese Joint Venture
  • European Company Buys Intermedics
  • Medtronic Venture: Carbon Implants
  • The Agreement
  • Medtronic Clinical Trial
  • Medical Carbon Research Institute/On-X Life Technologies
  • Valve Design
  • Clinical Trials
  • Design Validation
  • Studies Concurrent With FDA Trials
  • Understanding Cardiac Blood Flow
  • Investigating the Viability of Bioprostheses
  • On-X Valve Implantability
  • Selling the On-X Valve
  • The Video
  • Cryolife Buys On-X Life Technologies
  • Mervyn Williams' South African Trial Results
  • Summary and Reflections.

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