Therapy machine, cobalt
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- OBJECT TYPE
- COBALT-60/TELETHERAPY
- DATE
- 1956
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0043.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.
- MODEL
- THERATRON JUNIOR/C
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 15
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, SYNTHETIC & WOOD COMPONENTS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 262.0 cm
- Width
- 117.0 cm
- Height
- 178.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- 2404.1
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Radiology
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- AECL
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- Period
- THIS MACHINE WAS USED C. 1957 TO C. 1968.
- Canada
-
THIS COBALT THERAPY MACHINE WAS MFD BY AECL, A WORLD LEADER IN APPLYING NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES. AECL IS ALSO A MAJOR SUPPLIER OF RADIOACTIVE SOURCE MATERIAL (RADIOISOTOPES) FOR THERAPY. - Function
-
TO DELIVER COBALT-60 (RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE OF COBALT) RADIATION, USED IN TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT TUMOURS. - Technical
-
COBALT BEAM THERAPY INVOLVES THE USE OF GAMMA RADIATION FROM A COBALT-60SOURCE MOUNTED IN A COBALT BOMB. THIS BOMB CONSISTS OF A QUANTITY OF COBALT-60 MOUNTED IN A LEAD WALLED HOUSING WITH A LEAD PLUG WHICH CAN BE REMOVED TO RELEASE A BEAM OF GAMMA RAYS. THESE RAYS ARE DIRECTED AT MALIGNANT TUMOUR SITES. THE "JUNIOR" MODEL WAS PRODUCED UNTIL 1961 & WAS VERY POPULAR: 137 UNITS WERE MFD. (S.I. NOTES) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's plate reads "MODEL NO. 6/ SERIAL NO. 15/ MANUFACTURED BY/ ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LTD/ COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS DIVISION/ OTTAWA CANADA/ CANADIAN & US PATENTS PENDING/ VOLTAGE 110, HP 1/8, PHASE 1, FREQUENCY 60' AMPS 5". Raised silver lettering reading 'THERATRON/ JUNIOR/ ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA/ LIMITED".
- Missing
- UNKNOWN.
- Finish
- PAINTED MEDIUM GREEN ENAMEL; PLATED PARTS; BLACK SYNTHETIC CABLES.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Therapy machine, cobalt, 1956, Artifact no. 1966.0043, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0043.001/
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