URETHROSCOPE

Description: CYSTOSCOPE IS MADE UP OF THREE PARTS -SCOPE, LIGHTING TUBE AND PLUNGER ROD. 1. SCOPE: 26 (L) X 3.5CM (D) STEEL TUBE WITH BLACK BAKELITE EYEPIECE. END OF TUBE HAS ONE SIDE TAPER CUT AND OTHER SIDE FLAT CUT WITH CIRCULAR ORANGE PANE OF GLASS. SHAFT EXTENDS FROM STEEL COLLAR WITH TWO LOCKING PLUGS AT SIDE COLLAR HAS "AMERICAN CYSTOSCOPE MAKERS, INC. N.Y." WITH LOGO OF TWO EYES AND LIGHTBULB NOSE STAMPED INTO IT. END OF COLLAR HAS "118433" STAMPED INTO IT. EYEPIECE IS BELL SHAPED WITH CIRCULAR GLASS PANE IN CENTER. SCOPE HAS RED RUBBER TUBE WHICH SLIDES OVER SHAFT AS GUARD. 2. LIGHTING TUBE: 24.5 (L) X 2.5 (D) DEVICE WITH CURVED END. LIGHTING AND IRRIGATION TUBE IS MADE UP OF HEXAGONAL STEEL COLLAR WITH CIRCULAR LOCKING COLLAR WHICH HAS HEXAGONAL LEVER. ON SIDES OF HEXAGONAL COLLAR ARE TWO BULB VALVES. HEXAGONAL COLLAR IS STAMPED WITH "LAMP NO 51". CIRCULAR LOCKING COLLAR HAS "AMERICAN CYSTOSCOPE MAKERS INC. N.Y. MADE IN U.S.A." WITH LOGO OF TWO EYES AND LIGHTBULB NOSE. RUBBER INSULATED TUBING EXTENDS FROM END OF COLLAR AND STAINLESS STEEL TUBE WITH BENT TIP. TIP HAS OPEN CUT WITH INSULATED LIGHTBULB. END IS ROUNDED AND SCREWS OFF TO CHANGE BULB. TUBE HAS SLIGHT AMOUNT OF RUST. 3. PLUNGER: 25.6 (L) X 1.5CM (D) STEEL SHAFT WITH THICK SHAFT END. SPOOL SHAPED HANDLE HAS CIRCULAR COLLAR WITH "48" AND "A.C.M.I." STAMPED INTO IT. CYLINDRICAL HUB WITH TWO LOCKING PLUGS ON SIDE EXTENDS FROM COLLAR. STEEL SHAFT EXTENDS FROM HUB AND HAS THICK PLUNGER END.

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