IRRIGATOR

Description: STAINLESS STEEL CASE WITH SYRINGE AND NEEDLES. CASE IS STAINLESS STEEL WITH ROUNDED CORNERS AND EDGES. STAMPED INTO TOP OF LID IS "MADE IN GERMANY". INSIDE IS 6.2 X 12.7CM STAINLESS STEEL PLATE WITH ROUNDED CORNERS. RIVETED TO PLATE ARE 10 PRESSURE CLAMPS WHICH HOLD SYRINGE AND NEEDLES. STAINLESS STEEL SYRINGE HAS STEEL TUBE ENDS WITH SUPPORT BAR AND SMOKED-GLASS BARREL. PLUNGER IS STEEL SHAFT WITH STEEL BULB AND OVAL LOOPED THUMB-REST. TWO CIRCULAR LOOPS ARE MOLDED TO SIDE AS FINGER FLANGES. "MADE IN GERMANY" IS STAMPED INTO PLUNGER SHAFT. ENGRAVED INTO SYRINGE BETWEEN LOOP FLANGES IS "BIVIA". GLASS BARREL HAS BROWN SCALE AND OVAL LOGO WITH OUTLINE OF BUILDINGS ON IT. ALONG SIDE OF BARREL READS "INALTERA MIT STAHLKOLBEN". THREE NEEDLES OF DIFFERENT SIZES (3.4CM, 3.5CM & 3.6CM) ALL HAVE SOLID STEEL BASE TAPERED LIKE A CONE AND BENT SHAFT WITH HOLES AT END AND ONE LARGER HOLE. KIT ALSO HAS 5.5CM STEEL WRENCH. WRENCH HAS ROUNDED END ON HANDLE AND SQUARE MOUTH WITH BEVELED TIP. KIT ALSO HAS TWELVE 1.1CM CIRCULAR PLUNGER SEALS MADE FROM SEMI-TRANSPARENT RUBBER. SEALS HAVE SINGLE HOLE IN CENTER FOR PLUNGER SHAFT. FOLDED ADVERTISING PAMPHLET HAS SOLID BLUE BACKGROUND WITH COLOR PHOTO OF EYE BEING IRRIGATED AND "BIVIA" WITH OVAL LOGO WITH HOUSES AND "H". ALSO READS "ZWEI-WEGE-SPRITZE NACH DR. FUCHS" AND "ZUM ABSUGEN WEICHER STARE". ACROSS BOTTOM READS "VERKAUF NUR DURCH DEN FACHHANDEL". PAMPHLET CONTAINS DIAGRAMS OF SIMILAR IRRIGATORS AND OTHER PRODUCTS.

History: IRRIGATOR WAS REMOVED FROM ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON THE HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.