Guide to Collections Relating to the History of Artificial Internal Organs

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)