Connector

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OBJECT TYPE: PACEMAKER/CARDIAC/IMPLANTABLE
DATE: 1965–1970
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1985.0603.001

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: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: TURQUOISE PLASTIC CONNECTOR PLUGS/.1-.2: MOUNTED IN WHITE PLASTIC SUPPORT, WITH TRACES OF ANIMAL HAIR PRESENT/.3: MOUNTED IN CLEAR YELLOW BLOCK, WITH FOUR WIRES SEPARATING TWO INTERNAL PLUGS

Dimensions

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Length: 8.5 cm
Width: 5.4 cm
Height: 2.0 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: NRC
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Late 1960s
Canada: Used in NRC pacemaker programme. 1st pacemaker developed at NRC in 1950 by John Hopps was approx. 30 cm long and several cm high & wide. Development of transistors & reliable batteries permitted design of pacemaker of implantable size (1957). Pacemaker regarded as one of greatest Canadian engineering achievements of 20th century. (ref.2)
Function: Used to conduct electrical current to heart, in order to stimulate heartbeat.
Technical: Match plugs on the 6 non-implantable pacemakers were the interface between external pacemaker and internal electrodes leading to the animal's heart, implanted at the skin surface.
Area Notes: Unknown

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Missing: N/A
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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National Research Council Canada, Connector, between 1965–1970, Artifact no. 1985.0603, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0603.001/

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