Chitwood DeBakey Clamp
date: label: date made
content: ca 2016
name: label: maker
content: Scanlan International, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Thoracoscopic Chitwood DeBakey Clamp was developed around 1996 for the repair and replacement of diseased heart valves using minimally invasive surgical procedures. It has a dual pivot point with a sliding shaft and traditional ring-style handles. This instrument can be used for both video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and Minimally invasive surgery (MIS).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Cardiology
label: Subject
content: Medical Procedure- Surgery
label: Subject
content: Medicine
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Scanlan International
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0183.03
label: accession number
content: 2016.0183
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0183.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clamp
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: stainless steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.4 cm x 8.7 cm x 32 cm; 15/16 in x 3 7/16 in x 12 19/32 in