Lillehei-Kaster Pivoting Disc Valve in fully open position

Lillehei-Kaster Pivoting Disc Valve in fully open position

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Electrical engineer Robert Kaster, (U of M 1951) collaborated with C. Walton Lillehei to invent a prosthetic heart valve named the Lillehei-Kaster Pivoting Disc Valve. The device was first successfully implanted in 1967. The valves were produced commercially by Medical Incorporated of Minneapolis and utilized up until the late 1980s.

University of Minnesota

"Lillehei-Kaster Pivoting Disc Valve in fully open position," Box 109, C. Walton Lillehei papers, uarc2000-7, University of Minnesota Archives

University of Minnesota

circa 1960s

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