Saf-T-Coil Nullip Intrauterine Device (IUD)
date: label: date made
content: ca 1970s
notes: label: Description
content: Intrauterine device produced by Schmid Laboratories in Little Falls, N.J. The word Nullip derives from Nulliparous, a medical term for women who have not given birth to a child. Julius Schmid (1865-1939) was a German entrepreneur who moved to the U.S. and began manufacturing condoms. Julius Schmid Inc. was sold to LRC International in 1963, and the name changed to Schmid Laboratories Inc.
label: Description
content: Ref: Ralph R. Robinson, “Intra-Uterine U Stem Pessary,” U.S. Patent 3,234,938 (Feb. 15, 1966).
label: Description
content: Gerard S. Rosenthal, “Contraceptive Devices and Methods,” U.S. Patent 3,374,788 (March 26, 1968). assigned to Deseret Pharmaceutical Co.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Little Falls
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
label: Subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dittrick Museum of Medical History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0309.02
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0309.02
label: accession number
content: 1991.0309
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Intrauterine Device, Box of
label: Object Name
content: contraceptive, intrauterine device, box of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: orange (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 12.2 cm x 37.5 cm x 3.7 cm; 4 13/16 in x 14 3/4 in x 1 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, box: 4 3/4 in x 15 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 12.065 cm x 38.735 cm x 3.81 cm