Rotary/Selectable Vacuum Syringe (Custom Design - Nonfunctional)

Circa 1995

A custom movie prop manufactured by PROPOLOGY.ca featuring simulated functionality.

Built to portray large medical syringe of novel design. Notionally, the user can selectively fill any of the 4 air-evacuated glass vials loaded into the syringe frame. Vial selection is made by rotating the incorporated knurled metal ring. This prop does not have the ability to actually draw or inject fluids.

Practical Features:

• Vial Selector Ring: When rotated, "detents" cause it click into place when the engraved arrow marker becomes centered at each vial position.

• Removable Vials: Commonly available Vacutainer vials.

• Interchangeable Needle: Incorporates a standard medical syringe mounting fitment.

• Movable Plunger: Full in-out motion.

Use Cases:

If a functional device, its core utility would be sterile, sequential fluid collection from a single source.

1. Clinical Phlebotomy & Diagnostics

• One-Stick Sampling: Collecting four different blood panels (e.g., CBC, Chem, Cultures) from a single needle insertion to reduce patient trauma.

• Additive Safety: Ensuring a strict "order of draw" by selectively filling pre-treated vials, preventing cross-contamination between chemical reagents.

2. Specialized Medical Procedures

• Diagnostic Aspiration: Drawing distinct samples of joint or abdominal fluid for separate lab analyses (infection vs. malignancy) simultaneously.

• Biopsy Support: Assisting in fine-needle aspirations where multiple tissue or fluid samples are required from one site.

3. Remote & Field Science

• Environmental Sampling: Collecting uncontaminated water or chemical samples in remote areas without needing complex electronic pumps.

• Mobile Health: Streamlining sample collection in resource-limited settings where speed and portability are critical.

4. Industrial "Grab Sampling"



• Reaction Monitoring: Drawing small, precise volumes of a chemical process at four distinct time intervals to track changes over time.

Prop History:

Originally built for feature film Exquisite Tenderness (1995). In it, this syringe is the signature tool used by the disgraced Dr. Julian Matar (played by Sean Haberle). Its purpose was quite gruesome: extracting pituitary gland fluid from victims.

NOTE: 3-Units available.

(H-18cm x W-6.5cm x D-6.5cm)