Needle, suture
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- OBJECT TYPE
- cardiac
- DATE
- 1940–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0952.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Hartz, J.F. Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- needle driver
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Bright 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
- 16.0 cm
- Width
- 4.5 cm
- Height
- 2.2 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
- Hartz
- Country
- Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Possibly used c.1940-1959 +
- 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
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Used for blind closure of atrial septal defect. [Ref. 3] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "J.F. HARTZ CO. GERMANY" stamped into instrument shaft. "STAINLESS" stamped into handle. UHN catalogue no "994.1.41" printed by hand in black ink on handle.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Bright silver metal [stainless steel]; double tipped needle.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Hartz, J.F. Co., Needle, suture, 1940–1959, Artifact no. 2002.0952, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0952.001/
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