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OBJECT TYPE: NON-SPECIFIC/SELF-RETAINING/SERRATED BLADES
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0218.001

MANUFACTURER: SKLAR
MODEL: 5
LOCATION: Germany

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STAINLESS STEEL.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 18.7 cm
Width: 12.0 cm
Height: 6.6 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Instruments
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: SKLAR
Country: Germany
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: PART OF COLLECTION OF MR. JOSEF ELSENER: HE WAS SWISS BORN & TRAINED AS AN ARMOURER, EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1952 AND BECAME A BUSINESSMAN. HIS COLLECTION OF 1000+ PIECES WAS FOCUSED ON FINELY MADE APPARATUS INCLUDING MACHINE TOOLS, SURVEYING EQ., MEDICAL APPARATUS, AND SOME ELECTRICAL TEST & RADIO EQ.
Function: USED TO HOLD OPEN AN INCISION OR WOUND. ONCE PLACED, SELF-RETAINING RETRACTOR REMAINS OPEN.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF SELF-RETAINING STYLE OF FORCEPS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "SKLAR/ STAINLESS" incised in one side of instrument, below toothed arc of locking mechanism; "GERMANY" incised on reverse. "5" incised on both inside edges instrument, below joint. "H.C.C./ S. OP" & "Neuro" incised by hand on flat outer surface of instrument, around joint.
Missing: NONE.
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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SKLAR, Retractor, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2002.0218, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2002.0218.001/

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