Kingston General Hospital Operating Room Collection
Category
Orthopedic
Prosthetics
Classification
Orthopedics
Prosthetics
Accession Number
997034020 a-c
Description
Pritchard-Walker stainless steel / vitallium total elbow prosthesis, consisting of a shaft and a base; the shaft is a four-sided bar, slightly angled and narrowed at the distal end; shaft is set into base and leans to the right, slightly off-centre; the base, at the joint end, is a flat piece of st…
Pritchard-Walker stainless steel / vitallium total elbow prosthesis, consisting of a shaft and a base; the shaft is a four-sided bar, slightly angled and narrowed at the distal end; shaft is set into base and leans to the right, slightly off-centre; the base, at the joint end, is a flat piece of stainless steel with a closed ring centred into tunnel-like grooves at the base of a ring honed into the base of the prothesis; blue two piece box (b-c) with silver latch closure at one end has bas relief outline of joints and manufacturer's product label; not a complete prosthesis, missing several parts
Number Of Parts
3
Part Names
a - prosthesis: Length 8.1 cm x Width 2.1 cm x Height 2.1 cm
b - box bottom: Length 19.8 cm x Width 10.2 cm x Height 4.0 cm
c - box top: Length 20.0 cm x Width 10.4 cm x Height 2.6 cm
Provenance
Used in the Kingston General Hospital operating room
Stamped into right side of shaft: "1191-12L"; stamped into left side of shaft: "D-MA7848"; printed on lable: "FEDERAL LAW IN USA AND CANADA // RESTRICTS THIS DEVICE TO SALE // BY OR ON THE ORDER OF A PHYSICIAN // Caution: NON-STERILE // GAS STERIZE ONLY // 1191-12 Standard, left // Pritchard-Walker // Total Elbow // Prosthesis // DePuy"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-E2-6
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 3.0 cm x Width 0.5 cm x Depth 2.0 cm
Condition Remarks
new and unused
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Internet
Reference Comments
http://www.google.com/patents/US3990117
Research Facts
Used for elbow joint replacement; original US patent #3,990,117 by inventors Rowland W. Pritchard, Peter S. Walker. Patents for DePuy are dated: May 1999; June 2000; Sept. 2001