Surgical Clamp
date: label: Date made
content: 1983
name: label: maker
content: Narco Scientific. Pilling Division
notes: label: Description
content: The Debakey Tangential Occlusion Clamp, No. 3 is associated with Michael Debakey (1908-2008), a noted American general and cardiovascular surgeon. Pilling filed for a trademark on the term “LIFE LOK” and the associated insignia in 1974.
label: Description
content: Ref: Pilling Co., Cardiovascular, Thoracic and General Surgical Instruments (1979), p. 247.
label: Description
content: “Michael DeBakey, 99, Rebuilder of Hearts,” New York Times (July 13, 2008), pp. 1, 22.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Fort Washington
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Pilling Weck
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0365.03
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0365.03
label: accession number
content: 1994.0365
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Clamp
label: Object Name
content: clamp
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
label: Other Terms
content: Clamp; Grasping and Fixating Instruments; Vascular
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, stainless steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 6.5 cm x 8.3 cm x 26.5 cm; 2 9/16 in x 3 1/4 in x 10 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 10 1/2 in x 3 3/8 in; 5.715 cm x 26.67 cm x 8.5725 cm