Needle, suture
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- OBJECT TYPE
- cardiac
- DATE
- 1940–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0499.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- silver metal
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.0 cm
- Width
- 3.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Used c. 1940- 1959.
- Canada
-
Example of one of the many instruments designed by Toronto General Hospital (TGH) staff before becoming available commercially. (Ref. 4) It was likely designed, and possibly made, by Eugene Sheerle (with J.F. Hartz & Co.). (Ref. 5) Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON. - Function
-
Used to draw a suture through the beating heart during blind intracardiac procedure. - Technical
-
Used to draw a suture through the beating heart during blind intracardiac procedure. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None evident, save UHN no. "994.1.42" printed by hand in black ink on grip.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Silver metal instrument.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Needle, suture, between 1940–1959, Artifact no. 2002.0499, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2002.0499.001/
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