Object Details
- Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories
- Description
- The arm model ("Subdermal Implant Training Model") was used with the trocar (1998.0157.02.02) to train medical professionals in the implantation technique. In the Norplant system of contraception, six (6) capsules of levongesterol are inserted under the skin of the upper arm. The capsules may remain in place for up to 5 years. Norplant was approved by the FDA in 1990. Wyeth-Ayerst, distributor of the Norplant system, worked with the Population Council to develop the training materials.
- See 1998.0157.02 for the full educational kit.
- See 1998.0157.01 for the Norplant System with implants
- See 1998.0157.03 for the patient counseling kit
- Researchers at the Population Council, a non-profit focused on global population concerns, began developing Norplant in the mid-1960s for use in international population control programs. After FDA approval in 1990, Norplant was licensed to Wyeth-Ayerst for distribution in the United States. Norplant consisted of six silicone rods implanted in a woman’s arm that released contraceptive hormones for up to five years, although they could be removed at any time. Norplant was immediately controversial due to concerns that law- and policy-makers targeted poor, teenage, and/or African American women as intended users due to the duration of contraception it provided, and complaints about its cost ($365 for Norplant itself, plus insertion) and negative side effects. The most serious health complaints involved infection and scarring at the insertion site and problems with removal. With declining sales and litigation costs of nearly 200 lawsuits, Wyeth suspended distribution in 2000, and removed Norplant from the market in 2002.
- Reference: Watkins, Elizabeth Siegel. "From Breakthrough to Bust: The Brief Life of Norplant, the Contraceptive Implant." Journal of Women's History, vol. 22 no. 3, 2010, p. 88-111.
- Location
- Currently on loan
- Credit Line
- Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories
- early 1990s
- ID Number
- 1998.0157.02.01
- catalog number
- 1998.0157.02.01
- accession number
- 1998.0157
- Object Name
- training model (arm), educational materials, contraceptive
- training model, educational materials, contraceptive
- Other Terms
- training model (arm), educational materials, contraceptive; Teaching Materials
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall materials)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 5/8 in x 6 in x 3 1/2 in; 6.6675 cm x 15.24 cm x 8.89 cm
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Women's Health
- Record ID
- nmah_1976206
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng4a139c480-a7df-226a-e053-15f76fa026b5
