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  • Wu skull fixed system

    Description/Abstract: Wu skull fixed system. China. Used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease, the instrument was attached to a burr hole in the skull. Angular adjustments allowed the lesion electrode to be introduced into the deep brain structures; x-rays were used...
    Date: undated

  • W-P Instruments Stimulator system

    Description/Abstract: W-P Instruments Stimulator system. New Haven, CT: 1970. Built by W-P Instruments of New Haven, Connecticut, this instrument was used to stimulate the brain and spinal cord.
    Date: 1970

  • Todd-Wells stereotactic stand

    Description/Abstract: Todd-Wells stereotactic stand. Southgate, CA: Made for Codman and Shurtleff by Trent H. Wells, Jr., Mechanical Development Co. [n.d.]
    Date: undated

  • Todd-Wells arc-focal point system. USA.

    Description/Abstract: Todd-Wells arc-focal point system. USA. 1965. Built by Edwin M. Todd and Trent H. Wells, Jr.
    Date: 1965

  • Tandberg tape recorder. Sweden.

    Description/Abstract: Tandberg tape recorder. Sweden. 1970. This instrument was used to record brain wave activity on tape.
    Date: 1970

  • Talairach rectilinear stereotactic system. France.

    Description/Abstract: Talairach rectilinear stereotactic system. France 1949. This rectilinear orthogonial instrument consisted of a heavy frame and fixation pins. Two lateral grids for alignment of the x-ray beam were placed at a distance from the frame to reduce...
    Date: 1949

  • Surgical Saw

    Description/Abstract: Surgical saw with elaborately tooled frame handle. It is displayed with a copy of Gersdorff's "Feldbuch der Wundtartzney" which has been opened to an illustration of a surgeon using a similar saw.
    Date: undated

  • Staff in Duke Hospital's surgical instrument shop

    Description/Abstract: Hospital staff using machines and tools in the surgical instrument shop. The 984 sq. ft. shop was constructed around 1947, following plans by J. Deryl Hart, then chair of the Department of Surgery. In 1949, the shop was opened for the fabrication...
    Date: undated

  • Reichert arc system. Germany.

    Description/Abstract: Reichert arc system. Germany. 1951. This arc-radius system used Cartesian and polar coordinates. The instrument's large base allowed the brain target to be approached from any point on the skull. Modified in 1965 by Reichert and Dr. Mundinger, the...
    Date: 1951

  • Rand-Urban stereotactic arc system. USA.

    Description/Abstract: Rand-Urban stereotactic arc system. USA. 1956. This stereotactic instrument was designed as an arc system in order to place the patient's head in various positions. It's clinical application of studies on stereotactically implanted electrodes in...
    Date: 1956