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Mayo-Gibbon Heart-Lung Machine

National Museum of American History
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Description
The invention of the heart-lung machine is one of the most significant contributions in the history of cardiac surgery. These machines are used to temporarily replace the function of the heart and lungs, supporting the circulation of blood through the body. The natural heart is by-passed and the heart-lung machine takes over for the patients organs.
The Mayo-Gibbon heart-lung machine was patterned after the Gibbon heart-lung machine designed by John Gibbon, M.D. in 1949. Four years later John Kirklin and his associates at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota began using and improving upon a Gibbon-type heart-lung machine.
In the past three decades, the application of heart-lung machines has been greatly expanded not only for cardiopulmonary bypass during open-heart surgery but also for long-term pulmonary or cardiopulmonary support, called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) or precutaneous cardiopulmonary support (PCPS).
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Edwards Lifesciences LLC
ca 1960s
ID Number
2002.0151.01
catalog number
2002.0151.01
accession number
2002.0151
Object Name
heart-lung machine
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
chromium plate (overall material)
stainless steel (overall material)
rubber (overall material)
plexiglass (overall material)
teflon (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 182 cm x 77 cm x 96 cm; 71 5/8 in x 30 5/16 in x 37 13/16 in
part 6: 47 cm x 7 cm x 15.6 cm; 18 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in x 6 1/8 in
overall: 71 3/4 in x 37 3/4 in x 31 in; 182.245 cm x 95.885 cm x 78.74 cm
place made
United States: Minnesota, Rochester
Related Publication
Shumacker, Harris B.. The Evolution of Cardiac Surgery
Fye, W. Bruce. American Cardiology: The History of a Speciality and College
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National Museum of American History
subject
Medicine
Artificial Organs
Cardiology
Surgery
Record ID
nmah_1213038
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-af3c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

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