Pacemaker, cardiac

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OBJECT TYPE: IMPLANTABLE/OBLONG
DATE: 1965–1970
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1985.0605.001

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: Circuits not visible on.1 &.2 under silicone coatings/.1 has small metal strip at one end/.2 has large metal plates coveringboth sides/.3 has strip of white cloth embedded in coating, circuits partially visible, electrode made of woven platinum wire.

Dimensions

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

Length: 8.5 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 AND SEVERAL CM HIGH AND 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: USED IN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMME TO DELIVER ELECTRICAL STIMULUS TO HEART, IN ORDER TO STIMULATE RHYMTHIC HEART BEAT.
Technical: USED IN ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS OF BIOLOGICAL ENERGY SUPPLIES, IN WHICH METALS IN CONTACT WITH BODY FLUIDS ACTED AS ANATURAL BATTERY.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1: '9' printed by hand in pink-coloured silicone (?) on one side/ '20' printed by hand in white-coloured silicone (?) on one side.
Missing: N/A
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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National Research Council Canada, Pacemaker, cardiac, between 1965–1970, Artifact no. 1985.0605, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0605.001/

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