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Paediatric Airway

Inventory Number 10405


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.10405

Item type
Object
Provenance
From the Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, John Radcliffe Hospital.
Physical material
Copper Alloy
Metal
Dimensions
Height: 112mm Width: 201mm Depth: 47mm Weight: 153g
Inventory No
10405
Accession Number
1998-7

Description

Round copper alloy tube attached via a barrel-shaped piece to a curved metal airway tube.  There is a hole running through the length of the object.

Paediatric airway for use with Oxford oxygen inflator. Prototype(?).