Lillehei-Kaster valve

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.

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  • 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

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