Kingston General Hospital Operating Room Collection
Category
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Surgery
Classification
General Surgery
Surgery
Accession Number
997034281
Description
The handle is U-shaped with contours for hand gripping; the handle is spring-loaded; there is a wire attached to the outer handle that passes through the long, tubular shaft; the wire becomes a three-prong grasper when the handle is depressed; the prongs are flat; the tips are bent inward at almost…
The handle is U-shaped with contours for hand gripping; the handle is spring-loaded; there is a wire attached to the outer handle that passes through the long, tubular shaft; the wire becomes a three-prong grasper when the handle is depressed; the prongs are flat; the tips are bent inward at almost a 90° angle.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Used in the Kingston General Hospital Operating Room.
Stainless steel used for surgical instruments from 1920 onwards
Material
metal: silver
Inscriptions
"W. GERMANY STAINLESS" stamped into the metal
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-F1-3
Length
43.9 cm
Width
11.3 cm
Depth
1.0 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 43.9 cm x Width 11.3 cm x Depth 1.0 cm
Condition Remarks
No staining, no corrosion
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"A.C.M.I. Cystoscopic, Urologic and Allied Diagnostic Instruments and High Frequency Apparatus" by American Cystoscope Makers, Inc., 1962, p. 228 (similar to item #347)
Research Facts
Used for holding a cotton sponge or grasping a polyp while doing sigmoidoscopy.