Prosthesis, chin
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1965
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0913.001
- MANUFACTURER
- DOW CORNING CORP.
- MODEL
- 825-1
- LOCATION
- Midland, Michigan, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- implant
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Opaque synthetic [Silastic] implant is elongated oval shape: stored inside sealed clear synthetic [plastic ?] bag; white and green paper sticker on bag front.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 9.4 cm
- Width
- 7.3 cm
- Height
- 1.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Assistive technologies
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- DOW
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Michigan
- City
- Midland
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This type of implant probably available in mid- 1960s; possibly also later. This implant new/never used.
- 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 augment shape and thereby improve appearance of chin. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "SMALL" printed in green ink on sticker applied to bag. UHN catalogue no. "981.13.3 a" printed by hand in black ink on bag front.
- Missing
- None.
- Finish
- Opaque synthetic [Silastic] implant is elongated oval shape: stored inside sealed clear synthetic [plastic ?] bag; white and green paper sticker on bag front.
- Decoration
- N/A
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DOW CORNING CORP., Prosthesis, chin, circa 1965, Artifact no. 2002.0913, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0913.001/
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