Stimulator, cardiac
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRICAL
- DATE
- 1950–1952
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0366.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NRC, Radio & Electrical Engineering
- MODEL
- 1
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 2
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- defibrillator
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL BOX; SYNTHETIC KNOBS;.2 TO.6 METAL AND SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 32.5 cm
- Width
- 23.5 cm
- Height
- 22.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Research
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NRC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1950S
- Canada
-
CANADIAN MEDICAL INNOVATION, DEVELOPED & MANUFACTURED HERE. ONE OF THE EARLIEST CARDIAC STIMULATORS BUILT. FIRST WAS BUILT BY JACK HOPPS AT THE NRC C. 1950. [REF 1] - Function
-
USED TO STIMULATE THE MUSCLES OF THE HEART TO RETURN TO A NORMAL HEART BEAT RHYTHM. - Technical
-
PROTOTYPE HEART STIMULATOR DEVELOPED AT THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL DEPT. OF RADIO AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING IN OTTAWA. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 LABEL ON FRONT: 'RADIO AND ELECTRICAL LABORATORIES/ NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL/ OTTAWA - CANADA/ MODEL 1 SERIAL 2'/ PRINTING ON FRONT INCLUDES: 'HEART RATE/ [SCALE 30 TO 180]/ VOLTAGE/ MULTIPLIER/ X1 X10/ VOLTS/ [SCALE 0 TO 5]/ HEART STIMULATOR/ POWER/ OFF ON/ EXTERNAL/ EXT. PULSES/ OUTPUT'/.2 TO.6 NO MARKINGS
- Missing
- ONLY BOX, NONE OF THE INTERNAL WORKINGS ARE INCLUDED.
- Finish
- .1 HAMMELIN GREY BOX; BLACK KNOBS; WHITE PRINTING/.2 GREY/.3 &.4 WHITE WITH SILVER AND BLACK LABELS/.5 WHITE/.6 ORANGE
- Decoration
- N/A
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NRC, Radio & Electrical Engineering, Stimulator, cardiac, between 1950–1952, Artifact no. 1997.0366, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1997.0366.001/
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