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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1951–1953
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0620.006
- MANUFACTURER
- Murray, Dr. G. & Roschlau, Dr. W.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- prototype
- Part Number
- 6
- Total Parts
- 10
- AKA
- artificial kidney machine dialyzer
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- cellophane (stored inside mylar envelope)
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 19.5 cm
- Width
- 8.4 cm
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- Murray Roschlau
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Used c. 1951-1953.
- Canada
-
Second artificial kidney designed and manufactured by Drs. Gordon Murray and Walter Roschlau at W.P Caven Research Foundation, Toronto c. 1951-1953. It was used experimentally in his laboratory on Holmwood Ave. (site of the CRV) and once for emergency treatment on a patient suffering kidney failure at Toronto General Hospital. [Ref.4] Murray's second-generation machine was an improvement from the original: it's design features made it more compact and efficient, easier to handle, set-up and use, and less intimidating for both patient and hospital staff. [Ref. 8] Murray abandoned his renal dialysis research c. 1954 . Murray was a remarkable surgeon and innovator whose work earned him international recognition. In the 1930s Dr. Murray introduced the anticoagulant Heparin to world clinical practice; in the '40s he developed the first artificial kidney in North America; and in 1955 he performed the first successful transplant of a human heart valve. Unfortunately, these achievements are often overshadowed by his later, controversial work on an anti-cancer serum, and on unconventional surgery for injuries caused by traumatic paraplegia. (2002.0619 Ref. 3] - Function
-
Part of assembled filter unit of artificial kidney machine. - Technical
-
Within dialyzer, cellophane sheet is sandwiched between a rubber gasket and and blood chamber: two cellophane sheets are arranged in this way in each dialyzing unit. The cellophane dialyzing sheets are made of sausage casing supplied by C.A. Pemberton & Co. Ltd. (1953), Toronto. When dry, they are cut to the size of the blood frames. Because cellophane has a tendency to expand slightly when wet, the required number of sheets is then soaked in water. Covered with a blood frame for full immersion, the soaking sheets [n their water bath] are autoclaved. After cooling, a blood frame template is positioned over the stacked wet sheets, and eight holes punched with a sharp cork borer. The still-wet sheets are placed in a suitable container filled with water, and autoclaved again for storage. Cellophane (Pemberton W x 24) is impermeable to bacteria and viruses, so dialysate [solution] does not require sterilization for use. [Ref. 5] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- UHN catalogue no. "994.18.1" printed by hand in black ink in one corner .
- Missing
- None.
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Murray, Dr. G. & Roschlau, Dr. W., Filter, between 1951–1953, Artifact no. 2002.0620, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0620.006/
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