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Willem J. Kolff audio-visual collection, 1949-1995
Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Kolff, Willem J., 1912-
- Title
- Willem J. Kolff audio-visual collection
- Dates
- 1949-1995 (inclusive)19491995
- Quantity
- 200 16mm films, 8 8mm films, 10 U-Matic videocassettes, 2 Betacam videocassettes, 18 VHS videocassettes, 11 audiocassettes, 4 reel-to-reel audiotapes
- Collection Number
- A0333
- Summary
- The Willem J. Kolff audio-visual collection (1949-1995) consists of film, video and audio recordings relevant to Kolff's groundbreaking medical research into the development of artificial organs, including the artificial kidney and artificial heart.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access to this collection requires approval from the Associate Dean for Special Collections.
Materials must be used on-site; no use of original material, access copies will be made available for viewing. Five business days advanced notice required. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.
- Languages
- English, Dutch, Japanese
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Dr. Willem Johan Kolff (1911-2009) has been an internationally-known name in the world of medicine since 1957 when he began working on the total artificial heart at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. Known as the "Father of Artificial Organs", his pioneering spirit actually led him to make giant leaps in medicine long before he was so well-known.
Born February 14, 1911, in Leyden, The Netherlands, Dr. Kolff went to the University of Groningen for his residency in medicine during the German occupation. He started working on the artificial kidney in 1939, and became the first internist at a small hospital in Kampen, where he continued the work on the artificial kidney. The rotating drum kidney was developed in 1941, and by 1955 the twin-coil kidney had led to the possibility of dialysis worldwide. Work on the heart-lung machines began in 1948, and the first membrane oxygenators were used successfully in patients in 1955.
Dr. Kolff and his wife Janke had five children who were all born in the Netherlands. They immigrated to the United States in 1950. Here Dr. Kolff worked in the Research Department and the Department of Surgery of the Cleveland Clinicirca He worked on the artificial kidney, the heart lung machine, and invented the total artificial heart in 1957, one year after becoming a United States citizen. He became Scientific Director of Cleveland's Artificial Organ program, then moved to Utah in 1967 to direct the Division of Artificial Organs and the Institute for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.
At the Division of Artificial Organs and the Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Dr. Kolff was in charge of teams working on artificial kidneys, artificial hearing, the artificial eye, artificial arm, the subcutaneous peritoneal access device, and the artificial heart. In 1982 Dr. Barney Clark received the first "permanent artificial heart" implanted in a human. This event made the University of Utah known throughout the world as the leader in artificial organ research.
Dr. Kolff has received more than a hundred awards, among these the prestigious Japan Prize in 1986. He has published more than six hundred articles. He has been active in social issues such as abortion rights and nuclear weapon protests, and has always been interested in nature and art. He died February 11, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Willem J. Kolff audio-visual collection (1949-1995) consists of film, video and audio recordings relevant to Kolff's research into the development of artificial organs, including the artificial kidney and artificial heart. Collection materials show the evolution of Kolff's artificial organs and include experiments, lectures, interviews, patient treatments, etcirca
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The materials are arranged roughly chronologically by subject matter. Items detailing Kolff's work on the artificial kidney are followed by those focused on the artificial heart and then by material relevant to the development of other artificial organs and miscellaneous collection materials.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Artificial kidney, 1949-1975Return to Top
The items concerned with the artificial kidney date from 1949, the year Kolff introduced the artificial kidney in Kampen, Netherlands, to 1975, as he was developing a wearable artificial kidney. Most of these materials show the evolution of the artificial kidney since 1949, with emphasis on the technical aspect of its use. Other subjects covered include recorded lectures and interviews, visual presentations, patient treatment, peritoneal lavage, single-needle dialysis and transplantation.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Reel | ||
| 1 | Artificial kidney
Silent, black and white
16mm film
The gauges of an artificial kidney, the operation of coiled cellophane, connecting a calf with the artificial kidney, and an examination of the calfs kidney. Filmed in Kampen, Netherlands. Ten minutes.
|
1949 |
| 2 | Artificial kidney for the treatment of serious uremia
Silent, black and white
16mm film
The construction and use of one of the first artificial kidneys in Kampen, Netherlands. Included are scenes of Kampen, winding cellophane tubing around the artificial kidney drum the addition of salts to the rinsing fluid, and connecting the patient with the artificial kidney. Produced by A. Willering. 10 minutes.
|
1949 |
| cassette | ||
| 3 | Commentary Audiocassette
Narration by Dr. Kolff for item 101. Kolff returns to Kampen, Netherlands and discusses his life's work. See 101 for further details. Nine minutes.
|
1982 November 03 |
| Reel | ||
| 4 | Disposable coil kidney
Silent, color
16mm film
The manufacturing process and rolling by hand of a twin-coil artificial kidney. 12 minutes.
|
1956 |
| 5 | Untitled film
Silent, color
16mm film
Two reciprocating air pumps, close oxygenator, poly tank with rinsing fluid, heart suspended in funnel beating. Made by Cahill. Two minutes.
|
1958 |
| 6 | Dialysis patient interviews Reel-to-reel audiotape
These interviews were conducted in Cleveland, OH. 24 minutes.
|
1958 April 17; 1958 November 25-27 |
| 7 | Dialysis patient interviews Reel-to-reel audiotape
Prepared at the Cleveland Clinic. Seven minutes.
|
1959 May 12 |
| 8 | Dialysis patient interviews Reel-to-reel audiotape
These interviews are conducted by multiple physicians. They ask the patients about their memory, appetite, physical condition and emotional condition, both immediately after their first, second or third dialysis and a day later.
|
1958 |
| 9 | Uremia patient
Silent, color
16mm film
Shows patient demonstrating movement skills. Box reads "Patient in uremia; stroke hemiplegia; total renal cortical necrosis." Three minutes.
|
1958 |
| 10 | Peritoneal lavage in the rat
Silent, color
16mm film
With Calvin Cooper. This shows the weighing of a rat and the procedure of peritoneal lavage, including draining of the fluid and a detail of the abdominal attachment. Four minutes.
|
July 19 |
| 11 | Film made for The Mike Douglas Show
Silent, black and white
16mm film
Shows working artificial kidney with patients and medical personnel.
2 minutes.
|
1964 |
| 12 | Renal transplantation patients
Silent, color
16mm film
Renal transplant patients demonstrate their recovery by walking and doing light calisthenics on the roof and sun porch (of the Cleveland Clinic?). Five minutes.
|
1964 January 23 |
| 13 | Coil winding
Silent, color
16mm film
This film shows the operation of a winding machine, a patient using an artificial kidney, and the later unwinding of the coil after use.
Five minutes.
|
1965 |
| 14 | 1965 Polyneuritis (one year after transplantation)
Silent, color
16mm film
This film has two segments. The first shows a patient in a wheelchair demonstrating arm movement and performing simple manual tasks, such as drinking and eating, with a close-up of his hands. The second segment shows the same patient getting out of his wheelchair, standing, and using crutches to walk. Four minutes.
|
1955-1966 |
| 15 | Child with nurse
Silent, color
16mm film
Two scenes of a child, approximately four to six years of age, in a hospital bed. The first segment shows a nurse in attendance. In the second, the child is recovering from abdominal or chest surgery. The carton reads "Little child playing with a doll and with chest bare showing Teflon coated tubes going into the chest..." Two minutes.
|
1965 |
| 16 | McConnor winding machine
Silent, color
16mm film
Shows how this winding machine is used to prepare coils for artificial kidney machines. Four minutes.
|
1967 |
| 17 | EZS loading
Silent, color
16mm film
This shows medical personnel wrapping cellophane tubing around layers of boards, after which a patient is connected with the artificial kidney. Five minutes.
|
1970-75 |
| 18 | Single-needle dialysis
Silent, color
16mm film
This shows the entire single needle dialysis procedure, including hookup to the machine, the pump, the bubble trap, a bolus of saline entering the bloodline, and disappearing saline in the blood line. The credits list W. J. Kolff and Klaus F. Kopp, M.D. Five minutes.
|
1971 |
| 19 | Single-needle dialysis
Silent, color
16mm film
This is a slightly different version of item 18.
Five minutes.
|
1971 |
| 20 | Kidney machine and Dr. Kolff
Silent, color
16mm film
Shows Dr. Kolff demonstrating a kidney machine, kidney machine in use with patient, and Kolff at Building 512 at the University of Utah describing the artificial heart.
|
1972 |
| 21 | Wearable artificial kidney
Sound, color
16mm film
A discussion of progress in the development of a wearable artificial kidney, including a demonstration by Levi Porter and interviews with various unidentified researchers. Reported by Ed Yeates. Two minutes.
|
1975 |
| cassette | ||
| 22 | Dialysis U-matic videocassette
1 "The First Dialysis Machine" is narrated by Dr. Kolff. See also items 3, 101.
2 "Machine Dialysis: A Life Saver" is narrated and directed by Prof. Ed Daub. This film explains dialysis in a technological context, showing its first use in Kampen, Netherlands; the wearable artificial kidney today; arteriovenous shunt and fistula; and advances in dialysis machines. Includes comments from Dr. Weldon Shelp of Methodist Hospital, Madison, WI; nurse Anita Levin, social worker Joan Penrod, and dialysis patients. Produced by the Audio Visual Service of the College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin at Madison. 23 minutes.
|
1970 |
| Reel | ||
| 23 | Towards a wearable artificial kidney
Sound, color
16mm film
This film, narrated by Dr. Kolff, shows how a wearable artificial kidney could be compatible with the daily life of patients and demonstrates how the machine functions. The credits for the film list W. J. Kolff, M.D., director; S. J. Davidson, Ph. D., 'WAK designer;' E. Thor, M.D.; E Thor, M.D.; E. C. Bullock; D. Vandura; S. Hughes; H. R. Smith and D. Guestaveson. Ten minutes.
|
1975 |
| 24 | Wearable artificial kidney
Silent, black and white
16mm film
This film contains unused footage from item 23.
|
1975 |
| 25 | Wearable artificial kidney
Silent, color
16mm film
This film contains unused footage from item 23.
|
1975 |
| cassette | ||
| 26 | Dr. Kolff speaking on the artificial kidney Audiocassette
1 Brief and incomplete speech on hemodialysis regeneration systems.
2 Paper, "Towards a Wearable Artificial Kidney", given by Dr. Kolff, using film. Discusses operation of wearable artificial kidney, its components and their manufacture, and the artificial kidney's future.
3 Dr. Kolff interviews a patient from Ogden, Utah, who uses an artificial kidney.
4 Dr. Kolff speaks about the benefits of the wearable artificial kidney and the specific case of one dialysis patient. 32 minutes.
|
1975 November 04 |
| 27 | Dialysis symposium Audiocassette
Side A
Recording of a dialysis symposium (at National Kidney Foundation?) in New York. 32 minutes.
1 Opening remarks by ?? of the National Institute of Arthritis Metabolism and Digestive Diseases.
2 Presentation by Dr. Kolff on methods of dialysis and problem of removing urea in dialysis.
3 Discussion led by Dr. Kolff on improving patient treatment, frequency of dialysis, use of the gastro-intestinal tract for removal of urea.
Continued on side B.
Side B
1 Continuation of discussion on side A, number 3. 12 minutes.
|
undated |
Artificial heart, 1958-1985Return to Top
The items concernde with the artificial heart begin with Kolff's research into artificial heart valves in 1958. Films document the effect of thrombosis on different valve material and high speed photography is used to explore the strengths of different valves, in testing machines. The development of the Norton, or Solenoid, heart is shown in films documenting the insertion of this heart and the recovery of the animals used. Later films present the manufacture and use of a heart made from silasticirca Films made in the early 1960s document progress made in the artificial heart for other researchers, and films made in the 1970s show test animals and other aspects of work on the Jarvik heart at the University of Utah. Completing this section is a videocassette discussing a portable artificial heart driver.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Reel | ||
| 28 | Heart valve studies, polyurethane II
Silent, black and white
16mm film
Shows artificial valves with high-speed photography. The label lists "a torn valve, a rigid valve, a good valve, dog valve."
|
1958 |
| 29 | Cineangiograms
Silent, black and white and color
16mm film
Cine-cardioangiography studies of a Norton heart in a dog. Six minutes.
|
1958 |
| 30 | Short history of monocusp valve
Silent, color
16mm film
1 Valve and thrombosis studies.
2 Patches inside hearts. 3 minutes.
|
1959 |
| 31 | Seidel's valve
Silent, color
16mm film
Shows Seidel's valve on the removed heart of a dog that survived about twenty days, with thrombi on the atrial and ventricular sides. One minute.
|
1960 |
| 32 | Seidel's valve (numbers 1, 2 and 3)
Silent, black and white
16mm film
High speed photography of Seidel's valve with chordae tendineae in testing machine, with both straight-on and side views. 5 minutes.
|
1960 August 01 |
| 33 | Seidel's valve (numbers 4, 5 and 6)
Silent, black and white
16mm film
High speed photography of Seidel's valve with chordae tendineae in testing machine, with both straight-on and side views. 5 minutes.
|
1960 August 01 |
| 34 | Seidel's valve (numbers 7, 8, 9 and 10)
Silent, black and white
16mm film
High speed photography of Seidel's valve with chordae tendineae in testing machine, with both straight-on and side views. 4 minutes.
|
1960 August 01 |
| 35 | Mitral valve thrombosis
Silent, color
16mm film
Shows thrombosis on artificial mitral valve of a dog heart. 1 minute.
|
1960 |
| cassette | ||
| 36 | Medicine VHS videocassette
This video is narrated in Japanese and was made for ASAHI. It is a tribute to Simon Flexner, an American pathologist, and Hideyo Noguchi, a Japanese bacteriologist who worked together at the Rockfeller University. There is footage from the Cleveland Clinic showing the insertion of an artificial heart in a cow as well as an interview with a medical personnel who discusses both the artificial heart and the artificial kidney. There is also footage of interviews with patients who where waiting for a donated heart followed by an interview with a patient with diabetes who received the second artificial heart implant ever.
|
1988-1989 |
| Reel | ||
| 37 | AV patch thrombosis studies
Silent, color
16mm film
Several segments, including "polyurethane, 7 days." One minute.
|
30 March 1960 |
| 38 | Valve testing, testing with dogs, and thrombosis
Silent, black and white and color
16mm film
1 Plastic valve in valve-testing machine (circa 1958).
2 High speed photography of plastic valves.
3 High speed photography of normal dog valve.
4 Insertion of tricuspid polyurethane valve in the mitral orifice in a dog (circa 1958).
5 Defibrillation of the heart.
6 Similar dog after 35 days.
7 Angiocardiogram with injection of dye in the laboratory of Sones-Shirey.
8 Thrombosis on Teflon valves being peeled off (1959).
9 Norton heart pulsating while being held (1959).
10 Same heart inserted in a dog.
11 Following of contrast with image amplifier.
12 Dog with an air-driven heart inside the chest (1961). 9 minutes.
|
1958-1961 |
| 39 | Cine-cardioangiography studies on a dog
Silent, black and white
16mm film
Shows studies and the dog recovering from surgery. Norton heart. Six minutes.
|
1960 |
| 40 | Pressure graphs
Silent, black and white
16mm film
Shows several comparative graphs of ventricular and aortic pressure in a dog's aortic valve and an artificial aortic valve. One minute.
|
1960 |
| 41 | Untitled film
Silent, black and white
16mm film
Two segments, the first of which is high speed photography of a heart valve, while the second is a cineangiocardiogram of artificial arteries (and heart?). One minute.
|
1960 |
| 42 | Heart valve thrombosis studies
Silent, color
16mm film
1 High-speed photography of artificial valve in operation; peeling away of thrombi from Teflon heart valves, including a monocusp valve.
2 Angiogram of valve in operation.
3 Polyurethane monocusp after eight days.
4 Examination of atrioventricular patch; collagen and atrioventricular patch; Teflon.
5 Silastic valve after eleven days.
6 Silastic atrioventricular patch after eight days.
7 Examination of fibrinolysin and Teflon valves.
8 Angiograms of valves in operation. 7 minutes.
|
1960 |
| 43 | Thrombosis studies
Silent, color
16mm film
1 Examination of two hearts, one labeled '17 days' and the other labeled 'Dacron collagen.'
2 Examination of heart labeled '16 days' with Teflon valve. 3 minutes.
|
1960 |
| 44 | Teflon mitral heart valves
Silent, black and white
16mm film
High speed photography of artificial valves in a testing machine. 10 minutes.
|
1960 |
| 45 | Teflon valves
Silent, black and white
16mm film
Same as item 44, except this film has numbered sequences. 10 minutes.
|
1960 |
| 46 | Valves in testing machine
Silent, black and white and color
16mm film
1 View of testing machine.
2 Mitral valve in testing machine.
3 Mitral valve in heart of dead dog.
4 Mitral valve. Shows thrombosis after fifteen days.
|
1960 |
| 47 | Ball valve
Silent, color
16mm film
Several segments showing ball valve "instability." Three minutes.
|
1960 |
| 48 | Flow studies in prosthetic heart valves
Silent, color
16mm film
Probably poduced at Cleveland Clinic. National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) high speed photography (500 fps) done at the Lewis Research Center.
1 Natural aorticirca
2 Teardrop (mitral).
3 Cross Jones (aortic).
4 Trapdoor (aortic).
5 Starr-Edwards (aortic).
6 Gott (mitral).
7 Hammersmith (aortic). 8 minutes.
|
1960 |
| 49 | Untitled film
Silent, color
16mm film
Includes footage of the Bailey oxygenator, the pump of Clark&Gollen, X-rays of dog chests, a diagram of the circulatory system, and dogs at play. Five minutes.
|
1960 |
| 50 | Norton heart
Silent, color
16mm film
Footage of the Norton heart functioning externally and of two dogs with artificial hearts recovering from surgery. Two minutes.
|
1960 |
| 51 | Cineangiogram
Silent, black and white
16mm film
Cineangiogram of counter pulsation with an intraortic balloon and post-mortem injections into descending aorta with Kolff pump. Five minutes.
|
1960 |
| 52 | Post-mortem study
Silent, black and white
16mm film
Cineangiocardiograms. Two minutes.
|
1960 |
| 53 | Angiogram
Silent, black and white
16mm film
Angiogram of a pumping balloon in a patient, post-mortem. Ten minutes.
|
1960 |
| 54 | Atrioventricular captions
Silent, color
16mm film
1 "Aortic grafts with rough surfaces are covered with fibrin and stay patent. For valves use knitted Teflon."
2 "All of the right atrial patches were covered with thrombi. Thrombi were the most extensive 5-9 days after the operation; the largest were on the suture lines."
3 "Atrioventricular patches were free of thrombi when they had smooth surfaces." Three minutes.
|
1960 |
| 55 | Polyurethane tricuspid valve in testing machine
Silent, black and white
16mm film
Footage of rubber and polyurthane valves in a testing machine, made by Goodyear, Akron, Ohio. Each valve is identified by a product number and description. 8 minutes.
|
1961 May |
| 56 | Oxygenator and artificial heart
Silent, color
16mm film
Shows assembly of a membrane oxygenator, an artificial heart operating externally, and a dog with an artificial heart. "This film was shown in Atlantic City at ASAID meeting; Kyestra and Moulopoulos; membrane oxygenator." Three minutes.
|
1961 |
| 57 | Intracardiac thrombosis on plastics
Sound, color
16mm film
This film discusses abdominal aortic grafts in dogs; tricuspid mitral Teflon valves and thrombi; atrial patches and thrombi; atrioventricular patches and thrombi; atrioventricular window patches and thrombi; atrioventricular smooth polyurethane patches with Dacron chordae tendineae; selection of chordae tendineae material; construction of and insertion of Seidel's valve; and conclusions on how to avoid thrombosis on artificial valves. This film was made with V. Mirkovitch, M. D.; T. Akutu, M. D.; and W. Seidel, M. D. and was produced by the Cleveland Clinic, Department of Artificial organs. It is narrated by Dr. Kolff.
|
1961 |
| 58 | Dog barking Reel-to-reel audiotape
Prepared at Cleveland Clinicirca This is a recording of a dog with a belloframe artificial heart barking, the sound of the air pump, and the sound of the artificial heart valves. Drs. Akutsu, Merkowitz and Seidel performed the operation. Six minutes.
|
1961 March 10 |
| 59 | Artificial heart inside the chest
Silent, black and white and color
16mm film
1 Valve in testing machine. Color regular film, then high speed film (1400 fps).
2 Norton heart in hand and in dog. Dog on image amplifier.
3 Pendulum heart in mock circulation. Blood is poured into the mock circulation to show its course.
4 Bellofram heart in mock circulation showing the two different hearts, right and left; the level in the venous reservoir stays constant with considerable flow.
5 Thrombosis on atrioventricular patches. The first is Teflon and the second is silastic, with thrombi growing along the legs and one thrombus under the patch.
6 NASA control tower with Wolfgang Seidel, Spyridon Moulopoulos, Sanborn recording equipment to left. The excursion of the pistons is shown on the scope.
7 Forty-eight potentiometers to define the shape of the electrical function of the NASA equipment. Recording of electrical function, resulting ventricular pressure, and blood flow as measured with a thermistor in the mock circulation.
Result of gentle ventricular pressure on the top of the aorta showing gentle flow and abrupt ventricular pressure showing abrupt flow, followed by another set of recordings with changes of electrical function and simultaneous changes in ventricular pressure due to a steep curve. The Akutsu heart pulsed gently, then pulsed abruptly so that it jumps on the table, then gently.
8 Norton air driven heart. Reciprocating air pump pumping the two ventricles with anti-suction bellows where the inlet and outlet to one ventricle are occluded by hand. The anti-suction bellows, or ballon, collapses during diastole.
9 Dog on the operating table five hours after insertion of a Bellofram heart inside the chest. Next, the dog on a platform eight hours after insertion. Next, the same dog ten hours after insertion.
|
1958-61 |
| 60 | Angiocardiograms
Silent, black and white
16mm film
Labeled "Dog 305 G." Five minutes.
|
1962 |
| 61 | Old total heart procedure
Silent, color
16mm film
This presents the preparation of a calf for surgery and the removal of the calf's heart and its replacement with an artificial heart. Shows calf, later, in suspension, along with the monitoring equipment. Eight minutes.
|
1962 |
| 62 | Calf experiments 1 and 2
Silent, color
16mm film
This film shows Dr. Kolff with a calf that is recovering from installation of an artificial heart; the interior of the laboratory and monitoring equipment; the calf drinking water; the calf in suspension hammock with the medical team. 7 minutes.
|
1963 October-November |
| 63 | Artificial heart In chest
Silent, black and white and color
16mm film
1 Tricuspid valve in mock circulation. Ordinary movie with high-speed factors.
2 Electromotor driven, pendulum type heart in mock circulation.
3 Dog on table with chest closed and solenoid driven heart inside. Its own heart shows mitral valve inside. Cineangiocardiograms of same (Sones, 1959).
4 Seidel and Moulopoulos on NASA time scope.
5 Forty-eight potentiometers. Also, quiet pumping and turbulent pumping.
6 Dog on table waking up from anesthesia, 1961.
7 Tricuspid mitral valves made of Teflon patches in the ventricles.
Atrioventricular window patch.
8 Manufacturing of Silastic heart. Cerrotru mold with the ball valves inside are being layered. Finished product (right ventricle).
9 Calf being given water and in suspension.
10 Heart with anti-suction bellows added. 11 minutes.
|
1959-1964 |
| 64 | Pendulum in mock circulation
Silent, color
16mm film
1 Pendulum heart in mock circulation. Filling with blood to show sequence of flow.
2 Layering of Silastic hearts. First, cerrotru molds, then balls in place. Next, layering with Silasticirca Right and left sides.
3 NASA Tower. Scope movement of the ventricles.
4 Black calf on table given water from a syringe.
5 Brown calf suspended with adhesive tape
6 Black calf with a heart driven by a fluid amplifier trying to run. Suspended with bone pins.
|
1965 |
| 65 | Fluid amplifier heart
Silent, color
16mm film
Shows artificial heart pumping in a chest. One minute.
|
1965 |
| 66 | Artificial heart inside the chest 1
Sound, color
16mm film
Sequence: Plaster ventricular cavity molds; right atrial and ventricular molds by electroplating; rotational cavity molding PUC of hollow molds; plastic parts (atrium, ventricle, aorta); valve molds; completed heart (first model); sewing rings for atrium attachment; mock circulation; dead dog--heart placement; first in a live dog, December 12, 1957; wooden model of solenoid heart; actual solenoid heart; mock circulation; dog with solenoid heart; cineangiocardiogram of solenoid heart; back view of solenoid pump; solenoid pump in mock circulation; polyurethane working techniques; polyurethane valves; corrugated vessels; dip molding polyurethane ventricles; removing polyurethane parts from model; plastic parts for solenoid pump; cineangiocardiogram of valve in a dog; and view of solenoid. 25 minutes.
|
1964-65 |
| 67 | Artificial heart inside the chest 2
Sound, color
16mm film
Sequence: Pendulum heart in mock circulation; close-up of pendulum; air driven hearts; NASA control equipment; wave form of driving air pressure; demonstration of recoil due to abrupt driving air pressure; dog with heart in chest. Wires being repaired; NASA control equipment and recorders, Seidel and Molopoulous; dog coming out of anesthesia with an artificial heart; Norton reciprocating air pump; Norton hearts, right and left; Norton drive (newer model); vacuum control system, anti-suction bellows; devcon master molds for Silastic hearts; molding technique for RTV Silastic; removal of molds; inside of molds; making of metal disposable casts; assembly of casts; layering of silastic on metal molds; completed Silastic heart with coils; Holter company; Holter injection molds; finishing disposable metal molds; removal of metal mold by melting; assembly of artificial heart; testing air driven artificial hearts in mock circulation; recording equipment; calf with artificial heart; tracing; and calf drinking water. 32 minutes.
|
1965 |
| 68 | Artificial heart inside the chest
Sound, color
16mm film
Sequence: Testing of valves; testing machine; tricuspid valve on high speed pictures; bad valve in tester; natural valve of a dog in testing machine; polyurethane valves; placement of a tricuspid valve in a dog (natural heart); cineangiocardiogram of mitral in a dog; rubber valves in testing machine; valve in a natural heart showing clot; plastic patches for clot investigation; clots in plastic valve in a dog's heart; woven Teflon valves, clotted. 20 minutes.
|
1965 |
| cassette | ||
| 69 | Artificial heart inside the chest U-matic videocassette
A compilation recording of items 66 and 67. 60 minutes.
|
1965 |
| Reel | ||
| 70 | Fluid amplifier heart
Silent, color
16mm film
Shows the activities of a calf in suspension.
|
1966 |
| 71 | Left heart bypass
Silent, color
16mm film
This film shows segments of bypass surgery on a sheep, using an external heart machine. 7 minutes.
|
1966 |
| 72 | Animal suspension and artificial heart re-circulation
Silent, color
16mm film
Demonstrates the older method of suspending an animal while it is recovering from installation of an artificial heart. This also shows a type of artificial heart in a re-circulation position outside of the animal. 3 minutes
|
1960-1966 |
| 73 | Artificial heart implant test film
Silent, color
16mm film
Footage of the implantation of an artificial heart; footage of a calf connected to monitoring equipment and in suspension. Two minutes.
|
1966 August 18 |
| 74 | Artificial heart control system
Sound, color
16mm film
This film discusses the functioning of the artificial heart; the control system developed by NASA; the components of that system; and how it works. Written by Michael J. Crosby and Kirby W. Hiller; produced by NASA (film serial C247). 17 minutes.
|
1966 |
| 75 | Artificial heart
Silent, color
8mm film
This is a copy of an 8mm film made by Albert Kolff showing Dr. Kolff and building 512 at the University of Utah and at a meeting; the manufacture of an artificial heart; mock circulation; surgery and monitoring equipment.
|
1969 |
| 76 | Artificial heart insertion
Silent, black and white
16mm film
Shows medical personnel in conference, operating room and surgery footage of artificial heart insertion in a calf.
|
1970 |
| 77 | Total heart replacement in aheep
Silent, color
16mm film
The sheep who is operated on in this film is identified as TR 4 -70. This film shows the intibation and preparation of the sheep followed by the opening of the chest, the bypassing of the heart, pulsatile return, dissection of the heart, insertion of the artery connector also known as the flow probe, insertion of the aortic connector, viewing of the right atrium, and the connection of the right then left ventricles. It then shows the heart pumping, the closing of the chest and the sheep recovering from the anesthesia.
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1970 March |
| 78 | Calves with artificial hearts
Six scenes of lab personnel feeding calf with artificial heart. Label on cage in film is TH 71 C11 F4. Canister label identifies "Pam, Kwan-G." Five minutes.
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1971 April 20 |
| 79 | Artificial Heart
Silent, color
16mm film
One week survival of calf with an artificial heart. Includes section on hypothermia and a list of team members. Credited to University of Utah College of Medicine, Department of Surgery and the Institute of Biomedical Engineering. 10 minutes.
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1971 April |
| 80 | Operation footage
The canister is labeled "Hypothermia; Drs. Peters, Kawai, Zwart. The footage shows preparation for surgery, chest surgery on a calf and a process of immersing the calf in ice before surgery and water after surgery. Afterwards, the calf is seen recovering at 99 and 100 hours after the operation and there are views of the monitoring equipment.
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1971 March 02 |
| 81 | Calf film
Silent, color
16mm film
Three films:
A: H. Zwart and J. Kawai with calf attempting to insert endotracheal tube. Three minutes.
B: Shows University of Utah Building 512 (Division of Artificial Organs) and the Park Building. As well as, H. Zwart and J. Kawai with a calf in the recovery cage. Views of monitoring equipment. Three minutes.
C: The making a K-G diaphragm; Mixing of unidentified chemicals; and finally,
H. Zwart and J. Kawai giving water to a calf in the recovery cage.
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undated |
| 82 | Unlimited Future for the Artificial Heart Reel-to-reel audiotape
This address, "Unlimited Future for the Artificial Heart, was presented by Dr. Kolf at a symposium on artificial organs at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. Kolff is introduced by Dave Yen. This recording was provided for Dr. Kolff by Dr. N. W. Tschoegl through the California Institute of Technology's Office of Public Relations.
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1971 November 18 |
| 83 | Calf with artificial heart
Silent, color
16mm film
Canister label identifies TH72 C6 B6 DV4, "300 hr. calf." The film itself is labeled TH72 C10 B8 DC 5 AEC 2. The footage is of lab attendants working with calf, feeding it, getting it to stand. There are views of the monitoring equipment in the lab. Five minutes.
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1972 February |
| 84 | Calf: 300 hours
Silent, color
16mm film
Records a calf in a laboratory cage with a doctor and monitoring equipment. A sign in the scene denotes hours with the artificial heart as 289. The Calf eats and drinks. Five minutes.
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March 1972 |
| 85 | Calf with artificial heart
Silent, color
16mm film
Canister identifies calf as TH 72 C10 B8 DC5 AEC2.
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1972 March 07 |
| 86 | Sheep in surgery
Silent, color
16mm film
This film shows the prepartion of a sheep for surgery, the insertion of a tracheal tube; chest surgery; monitoring equipment; preparing sheep for recovery; and the view of Salt Lake City from the Avenues. Made by Academy Production Co., Ltd; Suginami-Ku, Tokyo. Eight minutes.
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1976 February |
| cassette | ||
| 87 | Implantation G7V7-4 U-matic videocassette
Shows surgery from an overhead viewpoint, in which a calf's (?) heart is removed and replaced with an artificial heart. 240 minutes.
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1984 February 23 |
| 88 | Heart and portable driver U-matic videocassette
This videocassette shows the portable heart drive system, developed by Peter Heimes, and its operation in conjunction with the Jarvik 7 heart. Also, footage of the operating room during the installation of Barney Clark's artificial heart. Made by Symbion, Incirca 17 minutes.
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1985 January 16 |
Artificial Organs, 1983-1985Return to Top
The section on other artificial organs includes material concerning work on the artificial arm and artificial ear at the University of Utah.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| cassette | ||
| 89 | Artificial organs U-matic videocassette
1 "The Challenge of Artificial Organs" was made by Skyline Productions. Ontario, Canada, and includes views of the Dumke building; Dr. Kolff Speaking on his role and aims at the University of Utah; the Jarvik 7 heart and ventricular assist devices; the dialysis center and progress in dialysis; "Dialysis In
Wonderland" with John Warner and Lauraine Stephen; comments by Dr. Robert Jarvik on his artificial heart and drive mechanism; animal subjects; and Dr. Don Eddington and the artificial ear.
2 "The Utah Artificial Arm" shows Dr. Stephen L. Jacobsen explaining the operation of the artificial arm. The credits list the names of the engineering team led by Dr. Jacobsen. 47 minutes.
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1983 |
| 90 | Artificial organs today Audiocassette
Side A
A recording of a speech made by Dr. Kolff at Accounting and Finance Conference. Topics include reminiscences of the Second World War, the invention of the artificial kidney and recovery rates; slide presentation on artificial kidney development; the wearable artificial kindney; patient selection; questions from audience concerning the cost of artificial organs; a discussion of the intraortic balloon pump; the Jarvik heart; Barney Clark and details of his case; and the artificial ear and eye. Kolff speaks out against increased United States militarization. Continued on side B. 45 minutes.
Side B
A continuation of side A. Two minutes.
|
1985 |
| 91 | Interview with artificial ear patient
Silent
U-matic videocassette
This patient uses an "Ineraid" artificial ear. In this interview, he gives advice for others who could use the artificial ear and describes the level of "understanding" he has attained, as well as the quality of his life. Includes diagrams on how the "Ineraid" system works. Made by Symbion, Incirca Five minutes.
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1985 January 08 |
Miscellaneous items, 1949-1995Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Reel | ||
| 92 | Artificial kidney in Korean War
Silent, color
16mm film
This film documents use of an artificial kidney in military field hospitals during the Korean War. Shown are the 11th Evacuation Hospital, transfer of a patient from helicopter to hospital, his treatment by medical personnel, and the preparation and use of an artificial kidney. 30 minutes.
|
1953 |
| 93 | Heart research news
Sound, black and white
16mm film
Persented by the National Heart Institute. Narrated by Charles Rodgers and
produced by the Heart Information Center.
1 "Alpha-Methyl DOPA proves effective for hypertension."
2 "Countershocks saves hearts with abnormal rhythms."
3 "Diet modification shown practical in pilot study."
4 "Profile of aging emerging from unique National Heart Institute study."
5 "Conduction system locator helps lesser dangers of open-heart surgery."
6 "Computer monitoring of fetal ECG may save lives."
7 "Microscopy techniques help surgeons repair small blood vessels."
8 "New heart pump shows worth against heart attack."
9 "Artificial heart passes first experimental trials." 16 minutes.
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1955 |
| 94 | Internal Medicine; Vol. XI, No. 17 Reel-to-reel audiotape
Side A
Five papers on a variety of subjects.
Side B
A panel discussion held in Portland, Oregon, which discusses the issues of patient selection and funding for the artificial kidney. Participants are Belding H. Scribner, Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine (Moderator); Dr. Kolff; John S. Murray, Clinical Director, Seattle Artificial Kidney Center, The Swedish Hospital, Seattle; and Rev. Robert H. Springer, Professor of Ethics, Loyola Seminary, Shrub Oak, New York. A "Table of Contents" which accompanied this tape is available. 35 minutes.
|
1964 Seotenver 07 |
| 95 | Interview with Dr. Kolff Reel-to-reel audiotape
Recorded from the radio program "Carol's Corner" on WKET, Dayton, OH. The host is Carol Klein. Dr. Kolff speaks about the development, ethics and operation of the artificial kidney.
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1963 August |
| 96 | Farm and kidney transplantation picnic
Silent, color
16mm film
Some of the people in this film are the same transplant patients seen in item 107. Ten minutes.
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1964 August 17 |
| 97 | Who shall live?
Sound, black and white
16mm film
A National Broadcasting Company (NBC) News production, narrated by Edwin Newman. This documentary discusses the issues surrounding the use of the artificial kidney. The locale for most of the film is the Seattle Artificial Kidney Center. The film discusses the steps in screening patients for dialysis, the history of the development of the artificial kidney (including an interview with Dr. Kolff), the problems of financing treatment, and the possibilities provided by home dialysis. 20 minutes.
|
1965 |
| 98 | The 21st century
Sound, color
16mm film
This documentary is concerned with the future of artificial organs and includes comments by Dr. Kolff on kidney donation. Includes footage of kidney transplantation at the Cleveland Clinic, discussion of patient selection, installation of an artificial heart in a calf, and the electrical stimulation of muscles in pursuit of artificial limb technology. Reported by Walter Cronkite. 27 minutes.
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1967 |
| 99 | Everybody's problem
Sound, color
16mm film
A documentary on the issues of kidney disease, including Dr. Louis G. Welt on kidney disease prevention and use of the artificial kidney; Dr. John P. Merrill on Kidney transplantation; stories of actual kidney transplantations and the importance of dialysis in treatment of kidney disease. Produced by Educational Media, Incirca and the National Kidney Foundation. 18 minutes.
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1968 |
| 100 | Dialysis picnic at the Hogle's
Silent, color
16mm film
Scenes filmed at a picnic in Utah with musicians, horseback riding and close-ups of participants, including Kolff. Four minutes.
|
1969 September 16 |
| cassette | ||
| 101 | Dr. Kolff was here U-matic videocassette
Made by AVRO and narrated by Dr. Kolff, this documentary shows Dr. Kolff returning to Kampen, Netherlands, the city where he developed the artificial kidney; discusses the Jarvik heart, artificial arm, eye and ear; and discusses modern dialysis. Kolff relates stories about his experiences in the Second World War; gives his reasons for immigrating to the United States; discusses the wearable artificial kidney; gives his thoughts on transplantation; and discusses his relationship with his wife. 48 minutes.
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1979-1983 |
| Reel | ||
| 102 | Markant
Sound, color
16mm film
Dr. Kolff narrates. This film discusses dialysis, has views of the Dumke building, and gives biographical information on Dr. Kolff, Kampen, Kolff's war experiences, the Cleveland Clinic, and the University of Utah. It has interviews with nurses who worked with Dr. Kolff in Kampen; and discusses the "Dialysis in Wonderland" program, the artificial heart, and Barney Clark. 50 minutes.
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1989 November 15 |
| cassette | ||
| 103 | Patient going to restaurant in Stockholm U-matic videocassette
A recording of a trip to a restaurant by a patient using the Heimer drive system.
Made by Peter Heimer. 17 minutes.
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1985 |
| 104 | On the shoulders of giants U-matic videocassette
A recording of ceremonies in which individuals, including Dr. Kolff, who are considered "pioneers" in cardiovascular research, are awarded by the John P. Murphy Foundation in Cleveland, OH.
|
1985 |
| 105 | Kolff films
Silent
U-matic videocassette
A compilation of these films (listed above):
1 Item 1.
2 Item 75.
3 Item 59, oxygenator preparation, dog--shows heart removed.
4 Valve studies and item 39.
5 Item 64, part 1.
6 Thrombosis studies.
7 Item 59, part 6.
8 Item 63, part 8.
9 Item 39.
10 Item 16.
11 Item 85.
12 Item 84.
13 Kolff with dialysis machines (circa1978)and patient.
|
1949-1972 |
| Reel | ||
| 106 | Heart valve studies negatives
Silent, black and white
16mm film |
1960 |
| 107 | Artificial heart from the Cleveland Clinic
Silent, color
16mm film
Shows an artificial heart in operation on pump as well as an artificial ventricle, a real ventricle, and a Teflon ventricle with the valves opening and closing. This film also shows Atrioventricular window patches 8-21 days. These include two silastic, one polyurethane smooth, two knitted Teflon, two collagen, and one polyurethane sponge. In closing, they show a monocusp valve.
|
undated |
| 108 | Thermo vacuum forming 8mm film
Produced by Nannie K.M. De Leeuw
Different techniques used in thermo vacuum forming in 1981 and in 1982.
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1981-1983 |
| 109 | Dr. V. Mirkovitch, research 6, Cleveland Clinic 16mm film
Seidel's valve until Ciludae? Trend?
Unedited remains of high speed (something unreadable) of valve in mock circulation. Last part is watchable.
|
undated |
| 110 | Pendulum in mock circulation 16mm film |
undated |
| cassette | ||
| 111 | National Inventors Hall of Fame induction ceremony VHS videocassette
Includes a letter to Dr. Kolff from Raymond V. Damadian, September 15, 1992.
Ceremony held at the E. J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall in Akron, Ohio.
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1992 April 25 |
| 112 | KUED production: Civic dialogue Audiocassette
Topics: Dr. Kolff, Dr. Brophy, and Dr. Wilson. Interviewer: Clifton Jolley
|
1984 March 02 |
| 113 | KRCL Production: Life is a creative process Audiocassette
Interview of Dr. Kolff by Desiree Mays.
|
10 May 1984 |
| 114 | Memoirs and anecdotes by Willem J. Kolff Microcassette |
1993 September |
| image | ||
| 115-116 | Photographic materials transferred to the Willem J. Kolff photograph collection (P0343) |
|
| disc | ||
| 117 | Patterns of thought for writers conference Phonograph record
Mrs. M.F.K fisher is the special guest in this series of "Patterns of thought for writers conference". She discusses food and gastronomy as well as the three great hungers: warmth love and food.
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1953 |
| 118 | An envelope containing 5 phono discs. Phonograph record |
1967 |
| 119 | An envelope containing a phono disc. Phonograph record
J. Louis Reynolds of the Marquadt Corporation.
|
1960 |
| card | ||
| 120 | 13 Folders of Magnetic Dictaphone Cards for the FDA Application. dictaphone card |
1981 |
| 121 | 119 Folders of Magnetic Dictaphone Cards covering a variety of topics. dictaphone card
See Folders for further information.
|
undated |
| cassette | ||
| 122 | Legacy of life: Willem J. Kolff, M.D., Ph. D. part 1 VHS videocassette
LDS Hospital Media Services. 1 hour 28 minutes.
|
1995 March 23 |
| 123 | Legacy of life Willem J. Kolff, M.D., Ph. D. part 2 VHS videocassette
LDS Hospital Media Services. 15 minutes.
|
1995 March 23 |
| 124 | National Inventors Hall of Fame ceremony Betacam videocassette |
1985 |
| 125 | National Inventors Hall of Fame VHS videocassette
Induction ceremony (Akron, Ohio). 1 hour 40 minutes.
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1993 April 24 |
| 126 | National Inventors Hall of Fame VHS videocassette
>Induction ceremony (Akron, Ohio). 1 hour 45 minutes.
|
23 April 1994 |
| 127 | Thoracoscopic breathing pacemaker surgery, DoBelle VHs videocassette |
1994 November 03 |
| 128 | A history of extra corporeal circulation VHS videocassette
PSICOR Incirca Production. 44 minutes
|
1990 |
| 129 | Dr. B. Lott: History of renal dialysis VHS videocassette |
1991 |
| 130 | Implantation of the GORE-TEX peritoneal catheter Betacam videocassette |
1983 |
| 131 | Dutch interview with Dr. Kolff Audiocassette
The tape is an interview in Dutch about Kolff's years in Kampen by Rie Hulsmann-Gosen. It was made in 1991. The envelope containing the cassette also contains a copy of a letter about the cassette
|
undated |
| 132 | Dr. W.J. Kolff's induction into Beehive Hall of Fame in Salt Lake City VHS videocassette |
1983 September 28 |
| 133 | Dialysis in wonderland VHS videocassette
Grand Canyon: June 7-15, 1982
Colorado River, Moab, Utah: 1979
From a copy from Mr. John Warner.
|
1979; 1982 June 7-15 |
| 134 | State-Of-The-Art lecture: Persisting medical problems in dialysis treatment, are there any solutions? VHS videocassette
J. Bergstrom, John P. Peters Award.
|
26 April 1994 |
| 135 | Kidney transplant patients on Dr. Kolff's farm VHS videocassette
Cleveland, Ohio
|
1964 |
| 136 | Farm sequence of patients after kidney transplantation VHS videocassette
Recorded on September 13, 1990 in Cleveland, Ohio.
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1964 August 24; 1990 September 13 |
| 137 | Kidney dialysis presentation by Sarah Goldberg VHS videocassette |
undated |
| 138 | Dialysis Pioneer's dinner (Rottach) VHS videocassette |
1986 |
| 139 | Four films narrated by Dr. W. J. Kolff VHS videocassette
Artificial Kidney for the Treatment of Serious Uremia; Disposable Coil Kidney; Single Needle Dialysis; Towards a Wearable Artificial Kidney
|
undated |
| 140 | Markant U-matic videocassette
Dutch film with English inserts by Dr. Kolff.
Kolff-narrated version recorded November 15, 1989.
|
1989 November 15 |
| 141 | Artificial eye Audiocassette
This audiocassette contains an interview with a patient who had an artificial eye inserted and an interview with the doctor who performs the same type of procedures. The patient talks about the time and incident in which he lost his eye sight as well as the sensation of having surgery while still awake. He also talks about recognition by sight verses recognition by touch and he discusses the change in speed of his reading before and after his surgery. The Physician talks about the future possibilities for further improving the patients eye sight, explains the procedure in simplified terms and discusses the role of computers in eye surgery.
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undated |
| 142 | Vacuum Formed Heart: Implantation of I7V7 VHS videocassette |
1984 February 23 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Artificial arms--Utah--History--Sources
- Artificial kidney--Utah--History--Sources
- Eyes, Artificial--Utah--History--Sources
- Heart, Artificial--Utah--History--Sources
- Heart, Mechanical--Utah--History--Sources
Corporate Names
- University of Utah--Division of Artificial Organs
- University of Utah--Faculty
- University of Utah--Institute for Biomedical Engineering
Form or Genre Terms
- Moving images
- Sound recordings
Finding aid prepared by Mark Jensen, Debra Penman, Tawnya Mosier, and Elizabeth Shuput.
1999
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