Pacemaker, cardiac
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1973
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0785.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Medtronic
- MODEL
- Laurens-Alcatel 9000
- LOCATION
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- pulse generator
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- synthetic & metal components
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.0 cm
- Width
- 6.7 cm
- Height
- 2.7 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
- Medtronic
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Minnesota
- City
- Minneapolis
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This type of pacemaker developed and used c. 1973. This example never used.
- Canada
-
Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON. - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
First nuclear pacemaker implanted in 1973. [Ref. 3] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- " - / [logo] MEDTRONIC/ PULSE GENERATOR/ LAURENS- ALCATEL/ MODEL 9000/ PU-238 [radiation symbol] 2.5CI- 1973/ NON-RADIOACTIVE/ DISPLAY MODEL" marked on one side of casing; " +/ CONTACT HEALTH/ AUTHORITIES FOR DISPOSAL" marked on reverse. "994.1.15" printed by hand in black ink, below. UHN tag tied to pacemaker reads "1st nuclear/ pacemaker/ implanted in/ 1973."
- Missing
- Unknown.
- Finish
- Bright silver metal casing; clear synthetic covering on silver metal leads; white synthetic mesh discs surround silver metal contacts on electrode ends.
- Decoration
- N/A
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