Endoscope

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2014.0176.006

MANUFACTURER: American Cystoscope Makers Inc.
MODEL: Stern-McCarthy
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 6
Total Parts: 17
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Brass instrument

Dimensions

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

Length: 37.0 cm
Width: 2.8 cm
Height: 2.3 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Chemicals & medications
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: American Cystoscope
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Part of a collection of medical technologies donated to the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation by the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society.
Function: An endoscope with a wide-angle telescope and an electrically activated wire loop for transurethral removal or biopsy of lesions of the bladder, prostate, or urethra.
Technical: “Developed in the 1920s, it enables tissue removal from the bladder without destruction to permit pathological examination of the specimen.” (ref.1) Mr. Reinhold H. Wappler, founder of American Cystoscope Makers, Inc., was involved in the early work in the development of urological instrumentation in America.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: On proper front: "PATENT/ PENDING"
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Dull brass
Decoration: N/A

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American Cystoscope Makers Inc., Endoscope, circa 1940, Artifact no. 2014.0176, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2014.0176.006/

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