[Leica] IMG: Why I Keep on Ticking

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks for looking, Ted.  This is a sample, about 50mm in diameter.  The 
ones that were installed in me in 1993 were 21 and 23mm, quite a bit 
smaller.  The process, as I recall it, is to sew in a mesh socket, which 
will eventually be overgrown by the healing tissue, and then snap the 
valve into the socket.  Still working well after 23 years.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 11/2/2016 11:35 PM, Ted Grant wrote:
> Hi Lluis & Jim,
> I've seen and photographed any number of heart valves being replaced. But I never in all my years ever saw one that looked like that? Quite interesting.
> I'll show the picture to a heart surgeon buddy of mine, who before retirement recently was one of the top heart surgeons of Canada.
> cheers,
> Dr. Ted
>
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> I’ve never saw this before…
> lluis
>
>
>> El 1 nov 2016, a les 19:31, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va escriure:
>>
>> While searching for something today, I came across a sample of the mechanical heart valves that I had implanted in 1993.  Young nurses with sharp ears could hear them ticking from across the room.  When I had a stress test earlier this year, one of the nurses finally asked, "What am I hearing?"  This is 1990s technology, but, in the spirit of Halloween, I thought someone might be interested.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/St_+Jude+Mechanical+Heart+Valve.jpg.html
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
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