Pacemaker, cardiac

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OBJECT TYPE: IMPLANTABLE/ROUND
DATE: 1965–1970
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1985.0604.001

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

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General Information

Serial #: PROTOTYPE
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1-.3: circuitry embeddedin hard, yellow plastic/.2-.3: coated in white silastic, with exposed metal plates/silicone coated.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 20.0 cm
Width: 4.5 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: PART OF NRC PACEMAKER PROGRAMME. 1ST PACEMAKER DEV'T AT NRC IN 1950 BY JOHN HOPPS WAS APPROX. 30CM LONG & SEVERAL CM HIGH & WIDE. DEV'T OF TRANSISTORS & RELIABLE BATTERIES PERMITTED DESIGN OF PACEMAKER OF IMPLANTABLE SIZE (1957). PACEMAKER REGARDED AS ONE OF GREATEST CDN ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENTS OF 20TH CENTURY. (REF. 2)
Function: TO CONDUCT ELECTRICAL CURRENT TO HEART, IN ORDER TO STIMULATE RHYTHMIC HEARTBEAT.
Technical: ALL THREE VERSIONS OF ROUND, IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC PACEMAKERS WOULD HAVE BEEN POWERED BY BIOLOGICAL ENERGY SUPPLY.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1: '2' handwritten on both sides/.2: '3' handwritten in pink on one side; 'C' printed in red grease pencil on tape on reverse/.3: '14' printed on metal disc, inside plastic.
Missing: none apparent
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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National Research Council Canada, Pacemaker, cardiac, between 1965–1970, Artifact no. 1985.0604, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0604.001/

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