1959 - Designed and fabricated the 1st prosthetic mitral valve.

* Braunwald designed & fabricated the 1st artificial mitral valve prostheses (1959) & led the team that implanted it in a human (1960). * She developed a cloth covered mechanical valve known as the Braunwald-Cutter Valve and the stented aortic hemograft (a graft of human tissue) for mitral valve replacement. She specialized in surgical treatment of chronic thromboembolic disease, & pioneering techniques for the use of tissue cultures to discourage the formation of clots when prosthetic valves & circulatory assist devices are used. * She helped design a cardiopulmonary bypass machine and developed a pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass pump.

Artificial mitral valve prostheses, flexible leaflet valve, Braunwald-Cutter Valve, stented aortic homograft, cardiopulmonary bypass machine

Category:
Surgery Cardiac; Medical Devices

Completion Status:
yes

Patent Number:
None found

Co-Inventor:
None