Yellow paper document sent by Lowell Edwards to Albert Starr regarding the use of Teflon tubing on the dog heart valve. 1961 February 23 The M. Lowell Edwards Public Hi [...]

Yellow paper document sent to Albert Starr in which M. Lowell Edwards discusses changes to the valve design, sewing ring and oscillating ball. 1960 December 7 The M. Lo [...]

Black and white proof sheet showing four images in which Arne Solberg, Richard Farnsworth, and M. Lowell Edwards (l-r) demonstrate the use of a machine.

Typescript biographical sketch giving details on the major events in the life of M. Lowell Edwards. Includes details on the creation of the heart valve with Dr. Albert St [...]

Digital scan of a 35mm slide. Image of a cardiac pacemaker device. The gray metal disc has been set on a patterned grey background. The etched label on the device reads: [...]

Digital scan of a 35mm slide. Image of a black-and-white diagram of equipment developed by Lowell Edwards to test the durability of Starr-Edwards artificial heart valves. [...]

Digital scan of a 35mm slide. Photograph of the artificial heart valve testing room at Edwards Laboratories. To the left are cylinders with cam attachments for conducting [...]

Hictorical Image Collection

Digital scan of a 35mm slide. Image of a Starr-Edwards ball-and-cage style artificial heart valve on a blue fabric background. The white plastic ball is held into the whi [...]

Digital scan of a 35mm slide. Image of a Starr-Edwards ball-and-cage style artificial heart valve set on a dark green fabric background. The valve has been tipped so that [...]