Cover, battery compartment

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 2011
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2014.0300.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: China

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 7
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Synthetic battery cover

Dimensions

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

Length: 5.3 cm
Width: 3.4 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Instruments
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: China
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: New, Never used
Canada: The Public Health Agency of Canada’s most recent report on diabetes in Canada notes that almost 2.4 million Canadian were living with diabetes in 2008/2009. (ref.2) The history of diabetes and treatment in Canada is also important to note, as it was Dr. Frederick Banting who, working as a medical practitioner in London, Ontario, first conceived the idea of extracting insulin from a pancreas to treat diabetes. After several months of experimentation with support from Charles Best, insulin was eventually purified for human use. Bayer Inc. is a Canadian subsidiary of Bayer AG and the corporate headquarters for the Canadian operations. In Canada, Bayer operates its healthcare business from its headquarters in Toronto, Ontario and Bayer CropScience Inc. operates out of its head office in Calgary, Alberta. Together with its MaterialScience business, Bayer “seeks to improve the quality of life for Canadians through products that fight disease, protect crops and animals, provide high-performance materials for numerous daily life uses.” (From Acquisition Worksheet, Ref. 1)
Function: To protect and help contain batteries within the battery compartment.
Technical: This glucometer uses an electrochemical method. Test strips contain a capillary that suck up a reproducible amount of blood. The glucose in the blood reacts with an enzyme electrode containing glucose oxidase (or dehydrogenase). The enzyme is reoxidized with an excess of a mediator reagent and the mediator in turn is re-oxidized by a reaction at the electrode, which generates an electrical current. The total charge passing through the electrode is proportional to the amount of glucose in the blood that has reacted with the enzyme. This proportional reaction is what allows the glucometer to provide a glucose reading. (From Acquisition Worksheet, Ref. 1)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: On proper front, moulded into synthetic: "+/ 2032/ +/ 2032"/ On proper back, moulded into synthetic: "LMK0020/ >ABS< 1/ MADE IN CHINA
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Proper front of synthetic cover is silver-coloured, and proper back is grey.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Cover, battery compartment, circa 2011, Artifact no. 2014.0300, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2014.0300.002/

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