Pacemaker, cardiac
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- OBJECT TYPE
- NON-IMPLANTABLE/ROUND
- DATE
- 1965–1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0601.001
- MANUFACTURER
- National Research Council Canada
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- PROTOTYPE
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- round top: metal jar lid; base: plastic or formica; coiled cord connects pacemaker to silastic interface in animal body; plastic connectors in centre of lid and at end of cord.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 13.5 cm
- Width
- 8.5 cm
- Height
- 5.0 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
- late 1960s
- Canada
-
PART OF NRC PACEMAKER PROGRAMME. 1ST PACEMAKER DEV'D AT NRC IN 1950 BY JOHN HOPPS WAS APPROX. 30CM LONG AND SEVERAL CM HIGH & WIDE. DEV'T OF TRANSISTORS & RELIABLE BATTERIES PERMITTED DESIGN OF PACEMAKER OF IMPLANTABLE SIZE (1957). PACEMAKER REGARDED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST CDN ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. (REF. 2) - Function
-
EXPERIMENTAL PACEMAKERS USED TO STUDY THE THRESHOLD OF PACING. NON- IMPLANTABLE BECAUSE RESEARCHERS NEEDED ACCESS TO THE CONTROLS TO VARY THE SPEED. - Technical
-
PROTOTYPE VARIABLE SPEED PACEMAKERS FOR LABORATORY USE IN EXPERIMENTS TO STUDY THE THRESHOLD OF HEART PACING, WAVEFORM STUDIES AND PULSE WIDTHS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Switches and connections labelled/.1: 'No. 1' painted in red on front and back.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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National Research Council Canada, Pacemaker, cardiac, between 1965–1970, Artifact no. 1985.0601, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1985.0601.001/
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