Boerhaave Museum Top Collection: Medicine: man as machine: Revision of Organs

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	Room 22: Medicine: man as machine
	showcase V08: Revision of Organs
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Room 22 Showcase V08

Revision of Organs

Nowadays there are innummerable materials available to replace soft tissue. Polytetrafluorethene, for example, can be used to weae a strong yet flexible ‘blood vessel’.
Pacemakers and synthetic valves restore functional ability a diseased heart. Even a complete artificial heart seems nearly within reach by the pioneering efforts of W.J. Kolff who once introduced teh artificial kidney. In the field of microsurgical transplantation rapid progress has been made, partly due tothe use of bioactive material.

Heart valve prosthesis [V10151]

Vascular prosthesis [V10152]

Breast prosthesis [V10153]

Vascular prosthesis [V10154]

Vascular prosthesis [V10155]

Vascular prosthesis [V10156]

Vascular prosthesis [V10157]

Vascular prosthesis [V10158]

Vascular prosthesis [V10159]

Vascular prosthesis [V10160]

Pacemaker [V10161]

Pacemaker [V10162]