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OBJECT TYPE: cardiac/pulmonary valve/Brock's
DATE: 1950
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0939.001

MANUFACTURER: Ulrich Stainless Steels
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: bright silver metal

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: 13.3 cm
Height: 1.2 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: Ulrich
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Connecticut
City: New Haven

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Probably 1950s; possibly also 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: Used to open the pulmonary valve during "blind" [closed] cardiac surgery.
Technical: Adjustable blades [commercial version ?] passed through the right ventricle for blindly opening the pulmonary valve. [Ref. 3]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "D.G.B.M.", "ULRICH" and "STAINLESS" stamped into scissor grip. "7" stamped into instrument end, where blades are fitted to shaft. UHN catalogue no. "994.1.35" printed by hand in black ink, also on scissor grip.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Bright silver metal [stainless steel].
Decoration: N/A

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Ulrich Stainless Steels, Dilator, circa 1950, Artifact no. 2002.0939, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0939.001/

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