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VINTAGE WANGENSTEEN PHELAN US MILITARY PORTABLE SUCTION & DRAINAGE APPARATUS
$ 158.37
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Description
VINTAGE US MILITARY ISSUE / SURPLUSKOREAN / VIETNAM WAR ERA
WANGENSTEEN -PHELAN
SURGICAL SUCTION & DRAINAGE APPARATUS
ITEM:
VINTAGE PORTABLE SURGICAL SUCTION WHEELED CANISTER
NOMENCLATURE:
DRAINAGE AND SUCTION APPARATUS
MATERIAL:
STEEL, BRASS, w/ RUBBER TUBING
MANUFACTURER:
PHELAN MFG. CORP.
COUNTRY of MFR:
MADE IN THE USA
DATE of MFR:
1950’s – UNKNOWN EXACT
SIZE:
15” DIAMETER x 28” HIGH, 15 x 28 IN., INCH, INCHES
CONDITION:
NEW / NEW OLD STOCK CONDITION - SEE PHOTOS
ABOUT WANGENSTEEN SUCTION DEVICE:
A WANGENSTEEN SUCTION APPARATUS IS A MODIFIED SIPHON THAT MAINTAINS CONSTANT NEGATIVE PRESSURE.
THE APPARATUS WAS FIRST CREATED BY OWEN HARDING WANGENSTEEN (1898–1981), THE CHIEF OF SURGERY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.
WANGENSTEEN’S NOVEL APPROACH TO THE MOST IMPORTANT CAUSE OF DEATH DURING GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY HAS SINCE BEEN CREDITED WITH SAVING HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of LIVES.