- Lillehei-Kaster valve
- a tilting-disk valve consisting of a titanium valve housing, Teflon sewing ring, and flat, free-floating, pivoting pyrolytic carbon disk that opens to 80 degrees.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Lillehei-Kaster valve
Look at other dictionaries:
Omniscience valve — a type of tilting disk valve that is a modification of the Lillehei Kaster valve, with a curvilinear pyrolytic carbon disk suspended in a one piece titanium frame with finlike projections and a Teflon sewing ring … Medical dictionary
