Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Rib spreaders come in several sizes for adults and children. This Gerbode's Modified Buford Rib Spreader would be used on an adult. It is made of non-glare stainless steel and comes with two sets of detachable blades. Reference: Cardiovascular,Thoracic and General Surgical Instruments, (catalogue). Pilling Company, 1979: page 58.
- Description
- Gerbode's Modified Buford Rib Spreader was designed by Thomas H. Burford (1907-1977), a thoracic surgeon in St. Louis, and Frank Gerbode (1907-1984), a surgeon in California.
- Ref: Pilling Co., Cardiovascular, Thoracic and General Surgery Instruments (Philadelphia, 1979), p. 58.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Narco Scientific. Pilling Division
- date made
- ca 1983
- Credit Line
- Gift of Pilling Weck
- Physical Description
- metal, stainless steel (overall material)
- Measurements
- spreader: 3 in x 11 1/2 in x 8 3/4 in; 7.62 cm x 29.21 cm x 22.225 cm
- extra blades: 2 in x 5 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 14.605 cm x 6.35 cm
- Object Name
- rib spreader
- surgical instrument
- Other Terms
- Blade; Grasping and Fixating Instruments
