Word: hufnagel
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Artery Patch. A break in the aorta, the big artery leading away from the heart, is hard to repair; surgeons have tried patching with a length of metal tube, transplanted blood vessels, etc.-without great success. Dr. Charles A. Hufnagel of Harvard Medical School described a new patch that he thinks may fill the bill (it worked well on dogs). His invention: a tube of lucite, the glasslike plastic. Attached to separated ends of the aorta, a lucite patch lets the blood flow freely without clotting, becomes firmly attached to the artery, can be left in the body permanently...