Electrocardiograph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- RECORDING
- DATE
- 1954
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0145.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SANBORN CO.
- MODEL
- VISO CARDIETTE 51
- LOCATION
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 10073
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 26
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Wood, glass, and metal components; synthetic fittings. leather handle.nickel silver electrodes. brown canvas cover with side pockets. (nb: nickel or german silver is an alloy of copper, nickel & zinc; it contains no silver)
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 37.8 cm
- Width
- 21.5 cm
- Height
- 31.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Medical equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SANBORN
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Cambridge
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1954 To present
- Canada
-
Models such as this artifact were likely used all over Canada by medical professionals. Markings on a plate on the back of artefact state "X-ray and Radium" Industries Ltd. Toronto 646 Winnipeg Montreal Vancouver". - Function
-
To produce a graphic record of the electrical waves generated by the beating of the heart. - Technical
-
The Sanborn Viso-Cardiette, Model 51, is a direct-writing portable electrocardiograph in which an electrically heated stylus traces on heat-sensitive plastic-coated paper. In 1928 Frank Sanborn's company (founded 1917 and acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 1961 and since 1999, Philips Medical Systems) converted their table model electrocardiogram machine into their first portable version weighing 50 pounds and powered by a 6-volt automobile battery.(ref 4) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 All controls, etc. labelled. Plate fixed to inside front edge reads "SANBORN COMPANY CAMBRIDGE, MASS. U.S.A./ U.S. PAT. 2,180,160- 2,500,994- OTHERS APPLIED FOR. CSA APP. NO. 8776/ MODEL 51 SERIAL 10073 VOLTS 115 CYCLES 60 AMPS. 85". "SANBORN/ VISO/ CARDIETTE" printed in gold on cover plate inside unit. Paper label fixed to inside of cover plate reads "RESPONSE SPEED/ Viso-Cardiette No. 51-10073/ This instrument has received an individual test to determine/ its ability to respond faithfully to rapid voltage variations./ The loss in response at 40 cycles is.5%: the A.M.A./ requirements allow 20%...." Cont'd in Supp. Info.
- Missing
- Missing set of tools for adjusting stylus (pen); original tube & spare of 'redux paste' missing.
- Finish
- .1 Wooden case stained & varnished; interior control panel is black with gold trim & text..2 brown canvas cover has brown leather reinforced opening for handle..3-.8 electrodes are nickel silver..9 black handle..10-.14 green-grey straps..15-.17 predominantly black..18-.21 opaque containers hold thick white liquid substance..22 black & silver metal stylus housed in clear synthetic storage tube with black lid (.22pt).
- Decoration
- N/A
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SANBORN CO., Electrocardiograph, 1954, Artifact no. 1979.0145, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1979.0145.001/
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