Health Sciences · Robert W. Jackson Arthroscopy
A compact solid state video camera with a grey rectangular body. A lens element emerges from its centre. The end of the lens element has a spring-loaded clamp for capturing the eyepiece of an arthroscope. There is a small metal port on one side of the lens element below the clamp.
A thin black cable is attached to one side of the camera body.
Accession Number: 2021.JAC.132
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Primary Materials: Glass, Metal
The following is written on the back of the instrument in black lettering:
“MODEL 543”, “Syn-Optics Inc.// By Stryker Corporation”
Dimensions (cm): Height = 11; Width = 9, Lenth = 5.5
CCD cameras are sufficiently small and light to be attached directly to the eyepiece of an arthroscope. Their introduction transformed the field of arthroscopy by providing a live view from the arthroscope to a video screen. The surgeon no longer had to look through the instrument’s eyepiece, and others could more easily observe the procedure. This is likely an early example of a CCD camera adapted to endoscopy.
This artifact is in good cosmetic condition. It has not been tested. There is light wear on various contact surfaces, especially on the black finish of the clamp that retains the arthroscope eyepiece. The jack where the cable meets the camera body may be corroded. The cable cannot be easily detached.
Associated Instruments:
Stryker Corp., Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.A.
Date of Manufacture: c. 1980s
The Robert W. Jackson Arthroscopy Collection was acquired by the University of Toronto from Dr. Jackson’s family on November 12th, 2020.
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