Tube, ear
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1981
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0914.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 8
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- opaque synthetic
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This type of ear tube probably available c. 1970s; possibly also later.
- 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 equalize pressure on either side of the eardrum, and prevent accumulation of fluid. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None evident.
- Missing
- None.
- Finish
- Opaque synthetic tube is dumb-bell shaped.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Tube, ear, before 1981, Artifact no. 2002.0914, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0914.001/
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