Knife, commissurotomy

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OBJECT TYPE: cardiac/open heart/mitral/finger
DATE: 1951
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0947.001

MANUFACTURER: Hartz, J.F. & Co. Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: silver metal [stainless steel]

Dimensions

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

Length: 19.5 cm
Width: 3.8 cm
Height: 3.8 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: Hartz
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Possibly used c.1951 +
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. This knife was designed by Drs. W.B. Bigelow and Key, and made by Eugene Sheerle in the second floor laboratory at the Hartz factory on Grenville St., Toronto. [Ref. 2]
Function: Unknown
Technical: Finger fracture of the mitral valve. Mitral knives were inserted blindly with the finger through the left atrial appendage (commissurotomy). [Ref. 3]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "J.F. HARTZ & Co. LTD." stamped into left side of triangular handle; "BLADE" stamped vertically into right side [to indicate position of cutting edge]. UHN catalogue no. "994.1.45" printed by hand in black ink on handle reverse.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Bright and dull silver metal [stainless steel].
Decoration: N/A

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Hartz, J.F. & Co. Ltd., Knife, commissurotomy, 1951, Artifact no. 2002.0947, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0947.001/

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