Walldius Knee Prosthesis
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1973
label: Date made
content: About 1973
notes: label: Description
content: Börje Walldius, a Swedish orthopedic surgeon, argued in 1951 that the fixed-hinge design was best for knee endoprostheses. This hinge is of that sort.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Howmedica Incorporated
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.306404.04
label: accession number
content: 306404
label: catalog number
content: 306404.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Implant, Knee
label: Object Name
content: knee joint, artificial
label: Object Name
content: prosthesis
label: Object Name
content: Knee Prosthesis
label: Other Terms
content: Knee Prosthesis; Implant, Knee; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: vitallium (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 9 1/8 in; 4.1275 cm x 6.6675 cm x 23.1775 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 cm x 6.3 cm x 4 cm; 9 1/16 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 9/16 in