General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Wire form has dull silver metal border; 2-part wire mesh form pivots on fixed post; the angle can be adjusted by means of a wing-nut [.5 & .6] . Possibly nickel-plated. Unbleached paper label bears red & black text.

Dimensions

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

Length

27.2 cm

Width

10.5 cm

Height

5.6 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Medical equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

DePuy

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Indiana

City

Warsaw

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

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 correctly position and support injured limb, in order to promote healing.

Technical

Adjustable splint for Colles' fracture.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"DePuy Adjustable Wire/ PATENTED/ Colles Fracture Splint/ No. 45 Large/ DePuy Manufacturing Co.,/ Warsaw, Indiana " printed on paper label. UHN catalogue no. "X969.376 A" printed by hand in white ink on one side of frame.

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Wire form has dull silver metal border; 2-part wire mesh form pivots on fixed post; the angle can be adjusted by means of a wing-nut. All possibly nickel-plated. Unbleached paper label bears red & black text. .1 & .2 secured around forearm by means of .3 & .4 fabric straps.

Decoration

N/A