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Title |
Heaney hysterectomy forceps, single tooth |
Description |
Hemostatic forceps. Two symmetrical nickle-plated metal blades are joined by screw lock to form scissor-like instrument; handles have circular finger rings; interior of shanks are flat, and round on exterior with ratchet closure near handles; jaws are of conical style, curved on the flat, tapering to blunt points, diagonal serrations run full length of jaws, single tooth sits .5 cm from tip. Marked: "V. MUELLER & CO. GERMANY". |
Catalog number |
1999.008.162 |
Year Range from |
1920 |
Year Range to |
9999 |
Other Name |
Hysterectomy forceps |
Notes |
"H S C" engraved on exterior, one shank. |
Dimensions |
W-8 L-20 cm |
Dimension Details |
Length measured from proximal end of handles to tip of jaws; width measured across widest point on circular finger rings when closed on first notch of ratchet closure. |
Manufacturer or Distributor |
Germany : V. Mueller , Chicago |
Lexicon category |
Grasping and fixating |
Lexicon sub-category |
Forceps |
Object cited in... |
Haslam's surgical instruments : 1955 catalog / Fred Haslam & Co, Brooklyn, N.Y. : The Company, 1954. p. 234, fig. E978-R. |
Artist |
Heaney, Noble Sproat, 1880-1955 |
People |
Heaney, Noble Sproat, 1880-1955 |
Search Terms |
Artery Hemostatic Grasping haemostat haemostatic grasp needles Surgery surgical operate operating Fixating fixate forcep Forceps instruments instrument ligation ligature suture Hemostat blood |
Length (cm) |
20.000 |
Material |
nickel-plated metal |
Accession number |
1999.008 |