Tightener, wire

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OBJECT TYPE: orthopedic/Harris
DATE: 1943
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0663.001

MANUFACTURER: Down Bros.
MODEL: Mark 2
LOCATION: England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: All metal instrument is chrome-plated.

Dimensions

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

Length: 35.5 cm
Width: 12.0 cm
Height: 2.5 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: Down
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Designed and manufactured c. 1943.
Canada: 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: To secure surgical wire around grafted bone.
Technical: Improved [second] version, designed by Dr. R.I. Harris and manufactured in Toronto. In this version, a capped rod went through a tube so that when the handles were closed, the wire was gripped between the cap and the expended end of the tube. Unfortunately, the spring loading didn't work well, and it is hard to adjust the instrument to get the two jaws to close simultaneously. [Ref. 4]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "R.I. HARRIS" and "1943" stamped into instrument, on either side of frame over rods. UHN catalogue number "995.1.2" printed by hand in black ink on instrument.
Missing: None.
Finish: All metal instrument is chrome-plated.
Decoration: N/A

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Down Bros., Tightener, wire, circa 1943, Artifact no. 2002.0663, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2002.0663.001/

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