Cournand Needle for Drawing Blood
Cournand Needle for Drawing Blood
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- Description
- A Cournand needle isused for sampling arterial blood. Andre F. Cournand (1895-1988) was a French physiologist who emigrated to the United States in 1930, became a professor at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. In 1956 he was a joint winner of a Nobel Prize for work related to circulation and cardiac catheterization.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Needle
- needle
- syringe
- Physical Description
- leur-locked (overall connector/connecting technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in x 1 in; 1.905 cm x 8.5725 cm x 2.54 cm
- ID Number
- MG.M-06720.17
- accession number
- 201362
- catalog number
- M-06720.17
- Credit Line
- Becton, Dickinson and Company
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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