Retractor, sternum
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- OBJECT TYPE
- cardiac/self-retaining/Kuyper's
- DATE
- 1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0661.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- 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; some areas appear nickel plated.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 24.0 cm
- Width
- 12.0 cm
- Height
- 4.7 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Presumably used c. early 1960s, and possibly later.
- 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 spread and support split sternum during surgery. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Small stamped logo on one curved arm is illegible. UHN catalogue number "995.4.47" printed by hand in black ink on instrument.
- Missing
- None.
- Finish
- All metal construction; some areas appear nickel plated.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Retractor, sternum, circa 1960, Artifact no. 2002.0661, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0661.001/
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