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Guide to Collections Relating to the History of Artificial Internal Organs

Repository

Senko Medical Instrument Mfg. Co., Ltd.



Address

23-13 Hongo, 3-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan


Telephone

Fax Number

81 3 5800 1005


Website


Contact Person

Mr. Yoshio Aoki, President


email


Access and Services

Appointment required.



Abstract


Collections


title/date

Senko Medical Instrument Mfg. Co., Ltd. Collections, predominantly 20th century



Collection ID


Quantity


Biographical Note


Collection Description

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)


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