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OBJECT TYPE: ORTHO/POWERED/MEDULLARY CANAL
DATE: 1987
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0244.001

MANUFACTURER: Zimmer Inc.
MODEL: 401-10
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: ALL METAL (PROBABLY STAINLESS STEEL)

Dimensions

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

Length: 28.5 cm
Width: 1.0 cm
Height: 1.0 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: Zimmer
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS TYPE OF REAMER PRESUMABLY USED MID-1980S+
Canada: PART OF COLLECTION OF MR. JOSEF ELSENER: HE WAS SWISS BORN & TRAINED AS ARMOURER. HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1952 & BECAME A BUSINESSMAN. HIS COLLECTION OF 1000+ PIECES WAS FOCUSED ON FINELY MADE APPARATUS INCLUDING MACHINE TOOLS, SURVEYING EQ., MEDICAL APPARATUS & SOME ELECTRICAL TEST & RADIO EQ.
Function: USED TO CUT BONE AND TISSUE WITHIN MEDULLARY CANAL, PRIOR TO INSERTION OF INTRAMEDULLARY PIN.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF MEDULLARY CANAL REAMER, USED IN PREPARATION OF MEDULLARY CANAL PRIOR TO INSERTION OF INTRAMEDULLARY PIN. (MEDULLARY CANAL IS CENTRAL CYLINDRICAL CAVITY IN LONG BONES THAT CONTAINS THE MARROW)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "[Zimmer logo] 401-10" incised in socket endpiece.
Missing: NONE.
Finish: DULL SILVER METAL FINISH
Decoration: N/A

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Zimmer Inc., Reamer, before 1987, Artifact no. 2002.0244, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0244.001/

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