Knife, commissurotomy
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- OBJECT TYPE
- cardiac/open heart/mitral/finger
- DATE
- 1951
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0950.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Hartz, J.F. & Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
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
- 17.5 cm
- Width
- 3.6 cm
- Height
- 4.9 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
- "THE J.F. HARTZ CO. " stamped into lower front side of triangular handle; "BLADE" stamped vertically into centre [to indicate position of cutting edge]. UHN catalogue no. "994.1.48" 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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