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OBJECT TYPE: VASCULAR/METAL
DATE: 1956–1962
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1991.0453.001

MANUFACTURER: NRC, Div. of Mechanical Engineering
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: TANTALUM WIRE

Dimensions

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Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: NRC
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: NRC DEVELOPED THE MEDICAL DEVICE WHICH USED THESE STAPLES FORM 1956-1962
Canada: PART OF A"LEADING EDGE" MEDICAL DEVICE DEVELOPED BY THE NRC MECHANICAL ENG. DIV.
Function: USED TO JOIN TISSUE (PROBABLY VASCULAR) IN SURGICAL PROCEDURES ON A TEMPORARY BASIS UNTIL THE BODY HEALS THE WOUND. MEANT TO BE USED IN A VASCULAR SUTURING INSTRUMENT
Technical: THESE STAPLES WERE PART OF A VASCULAR SUTURING DEVICE DEVELOPED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT FOR AN INSTRUMENT WHICH WOULD PERMIT THE RAPID END-TO-END JOINING OF BLOOD VESSELS WHERE EITHER THEIR SMALL SIZE OR FRAGILITY MADE IT DIFFICULT TO ACCOMPLISH THIS TASK BY SEWING
Area Notes: Unknown

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Markings: NO MARKINGS
Missing: N/A
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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NRC, Div. of Mechanical Engineering, Staple, circa 1956–1962, Artifact no. 1991.0453, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0453.001/

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