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

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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
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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