General Information

Serial #

151

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

wood, metal, fabric, glass & synthetic materials of construction.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

34.4 cm

Width

31.0 cm

Height

11.6 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Instruments

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Durillon Lasseigne

Country

France

State/Province

Unknown

City

Lyons

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

Presumably used in late 1970s- 1980s, and possibly later.

Canada

Used by Dr. Roger Ghys in his medical practise in Montreal, PQ. Dr. Ghys is considered to be among the first Canadian physicians to routinely use ultrasound and related techniques to diagnose breast cancer. (late 1980s).

Function

To direct intense, concentrated beam of light through body tissues, for purpose of examination.

Technical

Transillumination provides simple, inexpensive and non-invasive diagnostic tool effective for screening patients for a variety of ailments, including site/type specific tumours, cysts, haemotomas, fluid retention, and circulatory problems.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

All controls, etc. labelled. Mfr's plate fixed to control panel reads "DURILLON & LASSEIGNE/ [logo] LYON- FRANCE/ 110 Volts Monophase/ 50/60 Hz No. 151/ Date de fabrication 11/ 77".

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Black pebble-textured imitation leather covering on wooden case exterior; case lined with black felt and black pebble-textured imitation leather; control panel and instrument casing have red-orange baked enamel finish; black synthetic and silver metal controls and fittings; grey synthetic covering on electrical cords; case has silver metal fittings.

Decoration

N/A