Artificial heart-lung machine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MECHANICAL
- DATE
- 1951
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0553.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- prototype
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 13
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- metal (including aluminium) rubber, wood & synthetic parts.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 101.0 cm
- Width
- 58.0 cm
- Height
- 34.0 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
- Cowan
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- This machine used c. 1950s,
- Canada
-
Heart-lung machine was built by Dr. Campbell R. Cowan (b.1906) Banting and Best Dept. of Medical Research, University of Toronto, c. 1951. Dr. Cowan was a very talented designer and builder of mechanical devices. From 1930-1971 he served as Research Associate to Comptroller, Banting and Best Dept. of Medical Research (and with cross- appointment to Dept. of Physiology, University of Toronto) Cowan was largely responsible for the development of apparatus used by Dr. George Clowes in his surgical approach to the mitral valve of the dog's heart. He also developed an extracorporeal chamber making possible the study of extremely thin films of blood with particular reference to platelets, platelet clumping and thrombosis. Dr. Cowan published numerous papers with members of the Dept. on various subjects, including several with Dr. Best on the prevention of thrombosis. During WWII he served as an officer in the R.C.N. Medical Research division, studying protective clothing and ditching suits designed to provide greater protection for soldiers forced to abandon ship. (Ref. 4) - Function
-
To bypass living heart, so that surgeon may work in a relatively bloodless field. - Technical
-
Pump developed as result of experience gained making two earlier pumps for Drs. A. L. Chute & W. Mustard of Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto in late 1940s. This pump was used by Dr. Bigelow in experimental heart surgery in the 1950s at the Toronto General Hospital. (Ref. 2) Please see also earlier, smaller version of artificial heart-lung machine 2002.0552. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "BOSTON" stamped into 2 component parts of machine. Scales graduated 0-14. UHN catalogue no. "994.1.25" printed by hand in white ink on base.
- Missing
- Incomplete: specific missing parts & accessories unidentified.
- Finish
- All metal (aluminium ? ) construction; 4 red rubber bulbs (.2-.5); black rubber tubing [.6-.13]; clear synthetic tubing junction [on .8]; 2 black coated wood scales; black synthetic adjustment knob.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Artificial heart-lung machine, circa 1951, Artifact no. 2002.0553, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0553.001/
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