Dalkon Shield Intrauterine Device (IUD), Small (Nulliparous Model)
date: label: date made
content: ca 1972
label: patent date
content: 1972-01-11
name: label: maker
content: A. H. Robins Company
notes: label: Description
content: Plastic intrauterine device (IUD) on a blue plastic inserter attached to a dark yellow and brown paper card. Instructions for use and patient instructions are printed on the back of card. Printed on base of card: "[copyright] 1970 Patents Pending." The IUD and card are sealed in a plastic bag with tear off end. A white paper adhesive label on the bag reads: "FOR DEMONSTRATION AND ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY! NOT FOR HUMAN, CLINICAL OR OTHER USE." The nulliparous model is sized for women who have never given birth.
label: Description
content: The Dalkon Shield IUD was invented by Irwin S. Lerner and patented January 11, 1972 (filed November 14, 1968); assignee: A. H. Robins Company, Inc.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Virginia, Richmond
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
label: Subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0162.01
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0162.01
label: accession number
content: 1989.0162
label: patent number
content: 3633574
objectType: label: Object Name
content: contraceptive, intrauterine device, demonstration only
label: Other Terms
content: Contraceptive Device
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow, brownish (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 10.2 cm x 31 cm x 1.5 cm; 4 in x 12 3/16 in x 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/4 in x 4 1/8 in x 5/8 in; 31.115 cm x 10.4775 cm x 1.5875 cm