Chapter 1. Timeline of Events/Overview Chapter 2. Nuclear Foundations Chapter 3. Origin and Characterization of Medical Carbons Chapter 4. Gott's Early Experience - A Lesson in Serendipity Chapter 5. First Carbon Heart Valve Replacement Chapter 6. First All-Carbon Mitral Valve Replacement Chapter 7. Monoleaflet Tilting Disc Valves Chapter 8. First Bileaflet Valve: St Jude Medical Start-up Chapter 9. General Atomic Medical Products Division Chapter 10. Carbomedics Gets Acquainted With Intermedics Chapter 11. Carbomedics Moves to Austin Texas Chapter 12. The Hemex Venture Chapter 13. The St Jude Medical Litigation Chapter 14. Broadening the Horizon Chapter 15. Two Valves for China Chapter 16. Negotiating Chinese Joint Venture Chapter 17.European Company Buys Intermedics Chapter 18. Medtronic Venture: Carbon Implants Chapter 19. The Agreement Chapter 20. Medtronic Clinical Trial Chapter 21. Medical Carbon Research Institute/On-X Life Technologies Chapter 22. Valve Design Chapter 23. Clinical Trials Chapter 24. Design Validation Chapter 25. Studies Concurrent With FDA Trials Chapter 26. Understanding Cardiac Blood Flow Chapter 27. Investigating the Viability of Bioprostheses Chapter 28. On-X Valve Implantability Chapter 29. Selling the On-X Valve Chapter 30. The Video Chapter 31. Cryolife Buys On-X Life Technologies Chapter 32. Mervyn Williams' South African Trial Results Chapter 33. Summary and Reflections References Index