Debakey Tangential Occclusion Clamp, No. 2
date: label: Date made
content: 1983
name: label: maker
content: Narco Scientific. Pilling Division
notes: label: Description
content: Surgical clamp with “LifeLok” and “PILLING / USA T3” and “PAT 3608554” inscriptions.
label: Description
content: Ref: Michael G. McGuinness and William H. Pilling, “Surgical Clamping Means,” U.S. Patent 3,608,554 (Sept. 28, 1971).
label: Description
content: Pilling Company, Cardiovascular, Thoracic and General Surgery Instruments (Philadelphia, 1979), p. 245.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Fort Washington
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Pilling Weck
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0365.08
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0365.08
label: accession number
content: 1994.0365
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Clamp
label: Object Name
content: clamp
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
label: Other Terms
content: Clamp; Grasping and Fixating Instruments; Vascular
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, stainless steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 5.5 cm x 8.9 cm x 26 cm; 2 3/16 in x 3 1/2 in x 10 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 7/8 in x 10 in x 3 3/8 in; 4.7625 cm x 25.4 cm x 8.5725 cm