Transformer coil
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CARDIAC/IMPLANTABLE
- DATE
- 1965–1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0609.001
- MANUFACTURER
- National Research Council Canada
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Ring covered in white silastic; seems to be made of metal/two leads of spiral wire coated with clear plastic.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.5 cm
- Width
- 4.2 cm
- Height
- 1.0 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. - Function
-
Experimental system of supplying energy to cardiac pacemaker, other parts would be coupled through implanted ring to get energy in and out of the body. - Technical
-
Part of bio-galvanic energy sources study, power system can be used for other purposes; now looking at similar ones to power artificialhearts. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- None apparent.
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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National Research Council Canada, Transformer coil, between 1965–1970, Artifact no. 1985.0609, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0609.001/
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