Electrode

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OBJECT TYPE: BIO-GALVANIC/IMPLANTABLE/RECTANGULAR
DATE: 1965–1970
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1985.0600.001

MANUFACTURER: National Research Council Canada
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 5
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Electrodes are silver or aluminum/mounts made of plastic and silastic, or latex, or silicone.

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Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Research
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Manufacturer

AKA: NRC
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: late 1960s
Canada: PART OF NRC PACEMAKER PROGRAMME, AND USED BY O.Z. ROY. 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 BATTERIESPERMITTED DESIGN OF PACEMAKER OF IMPLANTABLE SIZE (1957). PACEMAKER REGARDED AS ONE OF GREATEST CDN ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENTS OF 20TH CENTURY. (REF. 2)
Function: ALL FIVE USED EXPERIMENTALLY AS BIOLOGICAL ENERGY SOURCES FOR CARDIAC PACEMAKERS: ELECTRODES WERE PLACED IN ANIMAL GUT AND REACTED TO GASTRIC JUICES, SERVING AS A NATURAL BATTERY.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

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Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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National Research Council Canada, Electrode, between 1965–1970, Artifact no. 1985.0600, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0600.001/

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