Object Details
- Description
- Surgical clamp with “LifeLok” and “PILLING / USA U3 / PAT. 3608554” inscriptions. The form was associated with Robert Prentice Glover (1913-1961), a prominent and pioneering cardiac surgeon.
- Ref: Michael G. McGuinness and William H. Pilling, “Surgical Clamping Means,” U.S. Patent 3,608,554 (Sept. 28, 1971).
- Pilling Company, Cardiovascular, Thoracic and General Surgery Instruments (Philadelphia, 1979), p. 246.
- “Robert P. Glover, A Heart Surgeon,” New York Times (Feb. 2, 1961), p. 29.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Narco Scientific. Pilling Division
- Date made
- 1983
- Credit Line
- Gift of Pilling Weck
- Physical Description
- metal, stainless steel (overall material)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 1.5 cm x 8.6 cm x 20.5 cm; 9/16 in x 3 3/8 in x 8 1/16 in
- overall: 3/4 in x 8 1/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 1.905 cm x 20.6375 cm x 8.89 cm
- Object Name
- Clamp
- clamp
- surgical instrument
- Other Terms
- Clamp; Grasping and Fixating Instruments; Vascular
