PLIERS, DRESSING

Description: 4 PIECES, RECTANGULAR PLASTIC CASE WITH STAPLER INSIDE. CASE IS TWO CLEARPLASTIC HALVES WITH MOULDED HINGES ON BACK AND CLASP ON FRONT. INSIDE LID ISLINED WITH SILVER COLORED PAPER LABEL WITH END TORN OFF. BLACK LETTERING READ18 MM. AUTOCLIP APPLIER STAINLESS STEEL B-2360 WITH "CLAY-ADAMS, INC. NEWYORK, N.Y. 10010" ALONG BOTTOM. IN BOTTOM LEFT CORNER IS CIRCULAR LOGO WITHCLAY-ADAMS INSIDE. OPPOSITE CORNER HAS OVAL SHAPED LOGO WITH "TOTCO" INSIDEBACK OF LABEL IS YELLOWED SLIGHTLY. END OF LABEL REPEATS INFORMATION INRECTANGULAR GREEN SPONGE INSERT WITH SHAPE OF TOOL CUT INTO IT RESTS IN BOTTOOF CASE. SPONGE HAS RUST STAINS ALONG SEAM. INSIDE CASE IS STAINLESS STEELMANUAL STAPLER. HAS RECTANGULAR FRAME WITH TWEEZER TYPE ARM ALONG LENGTH.TWEEZER SQUEEZE CUPRONICKEL STAPLES TOGETHER. CONTAINS 18 STAPLES WITH GREENCOROSION ON THEM. BOTTOM HALF HAS FOLDED COPPER-NICKEL SPRING WHICH PUSHSTAPLES OUT. STAMPED ON SIDE OF PLIERS IS "AUTOCLIP APPLIER FOR 18MM WOUNDCLIPS" AND "U.S. PAT. NOS. 2,733,411-2,789,288 MADE IN U.S.A." AND IN BOTTOMLEFT CORNER "B-2360" AND IN BOTTOM RIGHT "STAINLESS STEEL". HAS MANUFACTURINGLOGOS AS DESCIBED ABOVE AS WELL.

History: PLIERS WERE TAKEN FROM ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE ITS DEMOLITION IN 1996. SEE P19960116001-GA FOR HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL.