Splint

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OBJECT TYPE: fixed/finger
DATE: 1950–1999
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0833.001

MANUFACTURER: coNco
MODEL: Alumafoam
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Silver metal (aluminium) strip has yellow foam backing.

Dimensions

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

Length: 44.5 cm
Width: 2.5 cm
Height: 5.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Conco
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: This splint presumably made in 20th c.; possibly also later. This splint appears new/never used.
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 correctly position and support injured limb, in order to promote healing. Specifically, this splint designed to immobilize single finger.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "coNco/ ALUMAFOAM/ FINGER SPLINT" stamped in black ink on to places on metal splint. UHN catalogue no. "979.21.64" printed by hand in black ink on splint.
Missing: None.
Finish: Silver metal [aluminium] strip has yellow foam backing.
Decoration: N/A

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coNco, Splint, circa 1950–1999, Artifact no. 2002.0833, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2002.0833.001/

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