Telemedicine system
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MOBILE
- DATE
- 1998
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0125.001
- MANUFACTURER
- CIFRA Medical Inc.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- PROTOTYPE
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, SYNTHETIC & GLASS COMPONENTS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 66.0 cm
- Width
- 51.0 cm
- Height
- 157.0 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
- CIFRA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Ste-Foy
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS UNIT USED IN SYSTEM RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, 1996-1998.
- Canada
-
IN 1959 CANADIAN DR. ALBERT JUTRUS SET UP A LINK TO TRANSMIT FLUOROSCOPY BETWEEN 2 HOSPITALS IN MONTREAL: THIS WAS THE FIRST DOCUMENTED ADVANCED TELEMEDICINE PROJECT. THE WORLD'S LONGEST RUNNING TELEMEDICINE PROGRAMME STARTED IN NEWFOUNDLAND IN 1977 AND CONTINUES TO THE PRESENT (2002). - Function
-
TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE MEDICAL IMAGES & DATA IN REAL TIME. - Technical
-
SYSTEM PERMITS TRANSMISSION OF REAL TIME MEDICAL IMAGES & DATA VIA SATELLITE TO LARGE HOSPITALS WHERE SPECIALISTS CAN "SEE' THE PATIENT AND GUIDE THE ON-SITE DOCTOR'S EXAMINATION TO ORDER TO DIAGNOSE ILLNESS AND RECOMMEND & MONITOR TREATMENT. DEVELOPED AND MFD THIS SYSTEM, CREATED BY COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH CENTRE CANADA & TELESAT CAN. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "Trinitron", "Multiscan 15sf II" & "SONY" appears on monitor front. All controls, etc. labelled. "[logo- 3 superimposed blue discs]/ cifra/ medical inc." printed on plate applied to centre front edge of monitor housing. Markings on monitor back include following: "SONY MODEL: CPD-15SF2/ TRINITRON COLOR COMPUTER DISPLAY/ SER. NO./ 7155156/ MANUFACTURED:/ MARCH, 1996/ FCC ID: AK8CPD15SF1", "MANUFACTURED BY SONY CORP.", "SONY CORPORATION/ 7-35 Kitashingawa 6-chome, Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo, 141 Japan" and "ASSEMBLED IN U.S.A. WITH JAPANESE COMPONENTS AND OTHERS". Cifra serial no. "01SE96G172" appears on decal applied to back of monitor. Please see also 2001.0125.si1.tif image (attached) for complete transcript of markings on back of .1 monitor.
- Missing
- UNKNOWN.
- Finish
- OFF-WHITE SYNTHETIC EXTERIOR CASINGS; GREY TEXT.
- Decoration
- N/A
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CIFRA Medical Inc., Telemedicine system, circa 1998, Artifact no. 2001.0125, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0125.001/
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