| Reference Number | MIMM/2025-5/10 |
| Title | Biopsy Punches in Box |
| Date | 1994 |
| Creator Name | SFM Wachtersbach, Disposable medical products manufacturer, 1953- |
| Stiefel Laboratories Inc., Dermatological pharmaceutical company, 1847- |
| Description | Cardboard box containing 8 of the original 10 biopsy punches, as indicated on the label. Each punch is sterile, made of white plastic with metal tip, individually wrapped, and measures 4mm for tissue sampling. Also included is a clear plastic magnifying lens with a graduated scale and millimetre holes for sample measurement.
Made by Stiefel, and sterilised by SFM Wachtersbach (Germany) in 1994. Part of Dr Aboud's collection. |
| Extent | 10 parts (incomplete) |
| Dimensions | 185mm x 55mm x 70mm |
| Digital Collections | View online in our digital collections |
| Copyright | Free to use under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) |
| Credit Line | Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
| Object Name | Punch |
| Term | Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures -- Instrumentation |
| Biopsy -- Instrumentation |