B-D Vacutainer Combination Kit
name: label: maker
content: Becton, Dickinson and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Joseph J. Kleiner (1897-1972) joined the staff of Becton, Dickinson in 1943, bringing with him ideas for a system for collecting blood samples. Becton, Dickinson was marketing the Vacutainer by 1945, and received a trademark in 1949, the same year that Kleiner received a patent on the form.
label: Description
content: Ref: Joseph J. Kleiner, “Blood Collecting Apparatus,” U.S. Patent 2,460,641 (Feb. 1, 1949).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. Robert J. Locurto
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0160.02
label: accession number
content: 1980.0160
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0160.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Syringe Kit
label: Object Name
content: vacutainer kit
label: Object Name
content: syringe kit
label: Other Terms
content: Syringe Kit; Hypodermic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (b-d-vacutainers(12) material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (barrel material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (needle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 5 5/8 in x 4 in; 3.4925 cm x 14.2875 cm x 10.16 cm