Object Details
- Description
- The Cooley ductus clamp was designed ca. 1963 by Denton A. Cooley (1920-2016), a renowned heart surgeon, and manufactured by Pilling in Philadelphia. An inscription on this example reads "LifeLok / PILLING / USA U3."
- Ref: Pilling Co., Cardiovascular, Thoracic and General Surgery Instruments (Philadelphia, 1979), p. 278.
- 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: .5 cm x 8 cm x 16.8 cm; 3/16 in x 3 1/8 in x 6 5/8 in
- overall: 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in x 3 1/8 in; .635 cm x 16.51 cm x 7.9375 cm
- Object Name
- Clamp
- clamp
- surgical instrument
- Other Terms
- Clamp; Grasping and Fixating Instruments; Vascular
