Surgical Stapler
name: label: maker
content: United States Surgical Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: The United States Surgical Corp. was established in 1964 by Leon Hirsch (1932-2021), a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science. This surgical stapler, which came to the Museum in 1979, has a "Pat. Pend. U.S. Surgical Corp., F2826" inscription.
label: Description
content: Ref: “U. S. Surgical’s Checkered History,” New York Times (May 13, 1984), p. C4.
label: Description
content: “Billion Dollar Tinkerer,” New York Times (Dec. 18, 1994), p. F6.
label: Description
content: Lawrence Green, “Working Beside Leon Hirsch,” New York Times (Jan. 8, 1995), p. F9.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Mark M. Ravitch, Montefiore Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1092.17
label: accession number
content: 1979.1092
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1092.17
objectType: label: Object Name
content: surgical stapler
label: Other Terms
content: Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in; x 24.765 cm x 13.97 cm