Sizer, heart valve

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OBJECT TYPE: cardiac
DATE: 1950–1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0420.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Rigid white synthetic.

Dimensions

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

Length: 9.5 cm
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 4.0 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Instruments
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: This instrument believed used c. 1950s-1960s.
Canada: Used by Dr. W.G. Bigelow, regarded as a pioneer in the development of cardiac surgery, and the treatment of heart disease.
Function: Put into orifice of heart valve after removal in order to determine correct size of hemograft or plastic valve.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: UHN catalogue number "995.4.53" printed by hand in black ink on lower edge of instrument.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Rigid white synthetic. Cone-shaped instrument has hollow cylindrical core; divided vertically and horizontally by lightly incised lines.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Sizer, heart valve, circa 1950–1969, Artifact no. 2002.0420, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0420.001/

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