History of Medicine
Guide to Collections Relating to the History of Artificial Internal Organs
ABIOMED
Arrow International
Baxter Health Care Corporation
Boston Scientific Corporation SCIMED
Datascope Corporation
L-VAD Technology Inc.
McGowan Center for Artificial Organs
Medtronic Inc.
Senko Medical Instrument Mfg. Co., Ltd.
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems
Terumo R&D Center
Texas Heart Institute
Thoratec Laboratories Corporation
University of Michigan Extracorporeal Circulation Laboratory
University of Ottowa Heart Institute
University of Sao Paulo, Heart Institute, Bioengineering Division
University of Utah, Bioengineering Department
University of Utah, Bioengineering Department
50 S. Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-9202
(801) 581-4379
(801) 585-5361
Joseph Andrade, M.D.
Joe.Andrade@m.cc.utah.edu
Appointment required.
The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Utah is an internationally renowned center of interdisciplinary basic and applied research in the broadly defined area of bioengineering. The Department offers three graduate degrees: the Master of Engineering (M.E.), the Master of Science (M.S.), and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), which are based on a variety of research and educational opportunities in bioinstrumentation, imaging, biomaterials, biomechanics, neural interfaces, computational bioengineering and other specialty areas. The artificial heart research laboratory is particularly noteworthy. Engineering facilities include mock circulation and durability test equipment, computer aided device design, performance simulation, and device documentation. Manufacturing is provided by a complete machine shop, prosthetics laboratory, and electronics shop. Animal implantation testing involves two fully equipped operating rooms, a fluoroscopy laboratory, an animal intensive care unit; and clinical chemistry, hematology, pathology and immunology laboratories.
Collections
University of Utah, Department of Bioengineering Collection
In 1967, Willem J. Kolff moved to Utah to direct the Division of Artificial Organs and Institute for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Utah. There, Kolff was in charge of teams working to further develop his previous inventions, as well as teams to develop the artificial eye, artificial hearing, artificial arm, and the subcutaneous peritoneal access device.
The collection contains papers, artifacts, photos and slides related to the work undertaken in this laboratory.
None
See Willem J. Kolff Collection at The Smithsonian, and Willem Kolff Papers at the University of Utah, Special Collections, Marriott Library