pyrex glass perfusion pump
Date: circa 1960
Inventory Number: 2003-1-0314
Classification: Perfusion Pump
Subject:
Maker: Corning (1851-present)
Maker: Pyrex (1915-present)
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Dimensions:
39.6 × 13.2 × 10 cm (15 9/16 × 5 3/16 × 3 15/16 in.)
box: 12.1 × 41.3 × 15.9 cm (4 3/4 × 16 1/4 × 6 1/4 in.)
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Description:
One Pyrex glass perfusion pump made by Corning Glass Company, c. 1960s
Signedstamped near bell in green: 35/25 / PYREX / USA
Inscribedstamped in green above opaque connector: 40/50
FunctionA forerunner of the modern heart pump, the perfusion pump maintained the circulation of fluid through disembodied organs. Physiologists could therefore keep organs functioning outside the body in order to study them in a living state or try to repair them.
ProvenanceGift from John P. Nicholson.