Prosthesis, chin

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1965
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0913.001

MANUFACTURER: DOW CORNING CORP.
MODEL: 825-1
LOCATION: Midland, Michigan, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: implant
Patents: N/A
General Description: Opaque synthetic [Silastic] implant is elongated oval shape: stored inside sealed clear synthetic [plastic ?] bag; white and green paper sticker on bag front.

Dimensions

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

Length: 9.4 cm
Width: 7.3 cm
Height: 1.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Assistive technologies
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: DOW
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Michigan
City: Midland

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: This type of implant probably available in mid- 1960s; possibly also later. This implant new/never used.
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: To augment shape and thereby improve appearance of chin.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "SMALL" printed in green ink on sticker applied to bag. UHN catalogue no. "981.13.3 a" printed by hand in black ink on bag front.
Missing: None.
Finish: Opaque synthetic [Silastic] implant is elongated oval shape: stored inside sealed clear synthetic [plastic ?] bag; white and green paper sticker on bag front.
Decoration: N/A

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DOW CORNING CORP., Prosthesis, chin, circa 1965, Artifact no. 2002.0913, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0913.001/

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