General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

acrylic and metal components.

Dimensions

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

Length

5.8 cm

Width

4.8 cm

Height

3.0 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

Unknown

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

Period

This device presumably used 1942+

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. Designed by Dr. [Major] R.A. Gordon, Plastic Surgery Team R.C.A.M.C. at Basingstoke, England in 1942. [Ref. 2]

Function

To permit introduction of tube into damaged neck and/or trachea.

Technical

" [Designed} ...to achieve nasotracheal intubation in adult patients with severe scar contractures of the neck producing extreme flexion which made orthodox methods of tracheal intubation impossible. Method of Use: The tongue was pulled forward as far as possible with a tongue forcep [sic] or towel clip. The guide (on the right index finger) was then passed over the dorsum of the tongue into the pharnyx [sic] with the tip behind the epiglottis, and tongue traction was relaxed. A nasotracheal tube was passed through the inner funnel: the two halves of the device were then disengaged by pulling on the right chain and were removed." [Ref. 3]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

None, save UHN catalogue no. "980.16.1" printed by hand in black ink on form.

Missing

None.

Finish

Pink hard acrylic form; metal chain and posts.

Decoration

N/A