Tracheotome
date: label: date made
content: 1880
label: patent date
content: 1881-05-03
notes: label: Description
content: A patent model of a metal tracheotome invented by Lewis J. Lyman of Manhattan, Kansas, patent US241036A, approved on May 5th, 1881:
label: Description
content: "The object of my invention is to provide for more easily effecting an entrance to the trachea than can be done by instruments heretofore in use, and for retaining the instrument in proper place after insertion.
label: Description
content: The invention consists in a blade of peculiar shape upon a spring-arm fitted between two spring holding-arms that are formed with T ends, and also in a catch for simultaneously securing and loosening the spring-arms ..."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Patent Models
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-04328
label: catalog number
content: M-04328
label: patent number
content: US241036A
label: accession number
content: 89797
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tracheotome, patent model
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
label: Other Terms
content: Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 4 in x 3/4 in; 12.7 cm x 10.16 cm x 1.905 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 5 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in; .9525 cm x 14.2875 cm x 6.0325 cm