Guide to Collections Relating to the History of Artificial Internal Organs

industry and laboratories

ABIOMED

Arrow International

Baxter Health Care Corporation

Boston Scientific Corporation SCIMED

CardioWest Technologies Inc.

Datascope Corporation

Institute for Biomedical Engineering

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

Thermo Cardiosystems Inc.

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

Utah Artificial Heart Institute

Vitagen Incorporated

Repository Datascope Corporation
 
Address 14 Philips Parkway, Montvale, NJ 07645
Telephone (201) 391-8100
Fax Number
Website www.datascope.com
 
Contact Person Debra Joseph, V.P., Clinical Department, Cardiac Assist Division
email Deb_Joseph@datascope.com
 
Access and Services By special appointment only.
 
Abstract Datascope Corporation manufactures proprietary products for clinical health care markets in interventional cardiology and radiology, anesthesiology, cardiovascular and vascular surgery, emergency medicine and critical care. Datascope manufactures and sells an IntraAortic Balloon Pump (IABP) system, which is used in the treatment of cardiac shock, heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia, and in cardiac surgery and coronary angioplasty. They have also recently introduced the VasoSeal® Vascular Hemostasis Device, a collagen-based device capable of quickly sealing arterial punctures after procedures requiring femoral arterial catheterization including balloon angioplasty, diagnostic angiography and the use of stents).
 
 

Collections

title/date Datascope Corp. Collection, 1967- present

 
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Biographical Note Since its founding in the late 1960's, Datascope Corporation develops a variety of cardiovascular products including an intra-aortic balloon catheter and a driving pump.
 
Collection Description A number of historical balloon and pump prototypes are retained by Datascope, including among others:
  • A first unidirectional balloon (1970);
  • A first balloon for percutaneous insertion (1979);
  • A first dual lumen balloon (1981);
  • A first pediatric balloon (1983);
  • A first prefolded balloon (1985);
  • A first totally sheathless balloon (1991);
  • A first small profile balloon insertable through any 8 Fr introducer sheath (1997);
Several historic balloon pumps are also available including among others:
  • A first commercial balloon console, System 80 (1970):
  • System 82 balloon pump (1980):
  • System 90 balloon pump with a physiologic auto-timing (1985);
  • System 90T transport balloon pump (1987);
  • System 97 advanced balloon pump with small footprint (1993):
  • System 97e balloon pump CardioSync software for managing complex rhythms (1997);
  • System 98 balloon pump with dramatically better balloon speeds and remote clinical support capability (1998).
Collection also includes a number of photographs, manuscripts, notebooks, brochures, and R&D prototypes and is located in Cardiac Assist facilities in Fairfield, NJ and Nahwah, NJ.
 
Finding Aid None
 
Restrictions Permission required.
 
Related Material Photographs of objects.

Last reviewed: 27 August 2008
Last updated: 12 January 2007
First published: 01 March 2002
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