Model of the Human Eyeball
date: label: Date made
content: pre-1991
name: label: user
content: Patricia E. Bath, M.D.
label: maker
content: Somso
notes: label: Description
content: Plastic model of a human eyeball enlarged approximately four times. The model shows sections of the eyeball cut away in layers to illustrate the internal structure. Different parts of the eyeball are numbered, but the index for this model was not included with the object.
label: Description
content: The model was used by ophthamologist Dr. Patricia E. Bath (1942-2019), who developed and patented a device for treating cataracts. The device, known as the Laserphaco Probe, was patented in 1988 (see US Patent # 4,744,360 for an "Apparatus for ablating and removing cataract lenses").
label: Description
content: The model was made in Germany by Marcus Sommer, SOMSO Werkstaetten, a family-run business that began making anatomical models in 1876.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Anatomy
label: Subject
content: Education
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Patricia E. Bath, M.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.0038.01
label: accession number
content: 2000.0038
label: catalog number
content: 2000.0038.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Anatomical Model
label: Object Name
content: model, anatomical, eye
label: Object Name
content: model, anatomical, human eye
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 21.5 cm x 12 cm x 12 cm; 8 7/16 in x 4 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/4 in x 4 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in; 20.955 cm x 12.065 cm x 12.065 cm