Suture material
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- OBJECT TYPE
- silk/3-0/non-capillary/black braided/25 yds
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1980.0150.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Ethicon
- MODEL
- A-4
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SILK ON A WOODEN SPOOL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 4.3 cm
- Height
- 2.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Dentistry
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Ethicon
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Vermont
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Used to close surgical wounds or incisions. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- On the label on the proper top: "DISTRIBUTED BY ETHICON SUTURE LABORATORIES, INCORPORATED, NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY/ MADE IN U.S.A./ 25 YDS./ ETHICON/ Sutures/ BLACK/ BRAIDED/ SILK/ NON/ CAPILLARY/ SIZE 3-0/ CODE A-4/ U.S.P."/ Stamped on the proper bottom: "ETHICON/ U.S.P. 3-0/ SERUM AND/ MOISTURE/ PROOF"
- Missing
- PARTIALLY USED
- Finish
- Dark brown suture material wound around a light brown wood spool with a red and gold coloured label.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Ethicon, Suture material, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1980.0150, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1980.0150.001/
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