This valve was developed by Dr. Carl Goosen of the University of Cape Town, South Africa. One issue with this valve was its thick orifice. When the orifice is thick, the opening gets smaller. This means less blood will go through, creating more work for the heart. The ball at the top (added to prevent a piece from falling out) is not durable and runs the risk of wearing out and breaking. This valve was never implanted but was tested on animals. Dr. Goosen worked with colleague Dr. Christian Barnard (1922-2001) to design a new heart valve prosthesis. Currently not on view
Related Organizations
- Collection
- Medicine and Science: Medicine Health & Medicine Artificial Heart Valves
- Date published
- after 1960
- Dates
- after 1960
- Format
- Cloth (valve material) Metal (valve material) Plastic (valve material)
- Place Discussed
- South Africa: Western Cape, Cape Town
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- South Africa
- Rights
- Gift of Manuel Villafaña
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/a0e67f9e6698d1831a6385c371fb5e51
