Prosthetic Finger Joint
notes: label: Description
content: Finger joint designed by Adrian Ede Flatt (1921-2017), a British orthopedic surgeon who, in 1956, joined the faculty of the University of Iowa, in Iowa City. Dr. Flatt was later affiliated with Yale University, and then with Baylor University.
label: Description
content: Ref: Adrian E. Flatt, “Intramedullary Finger,” U.S. Patent 3,466,669 (Sept. 16, 1969), assigned to the University of Iowa.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: location of prior holder
content: United States: New Jersey, Rutherford
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Howmedica, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0667.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.0667
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0667.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Prosthesis, Finger Joint, Internal
label: Object Name
content: finger joint, internal, artificial
label: Object Name
content: prosthesis
label: Other Terms
content: Prosthesis, Finger Joint, Internal; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 3/8 in; .635 cm x 6.985 cm x .9525 cm