Knife, commissurotomy

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OBJECT TYPE: cardiac/mitral/finger
DATE: 1951
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0946.001

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: silver metal

Dimensions

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

Length: 27.0 cm
Width: 8.0 cm
Height: 1.4 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Possibly used c.1951 +
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: Finger fracture of the mitral valve. Mitral knives were inserted blindly with the finger through the left atrial appendage (commissurotomy). [Ref. 3] Thumb pressure on sliding disc at one end effects a tongue-shaped cutting blade at the other. Action is accomplished through a flexible coil. [Ref. 2]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: UHN catalogue no. "994.1.44" printed by hand in black ink on plunger.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Bright and dull silver metal.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Knife, commissurotomy, 1951, Artifact no. 2002.0946, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0946.001/

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