General Information

Serial #

2

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

defibrillator

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL BOX; SYNTHETIC KNOBS;.2 TO.6 METAL AND SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length

32.5 cm

Width

23.5 cm

Height

22.0 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

1950S

Canada

CANADIAN MEDICAL INNOVATION, DEVELOPED & MANUFACTURED HERE. ONE OF THE EARLIEST CARDIAC STIMULATORS BUILT. FIRST WAS BUILT BY JACK HOPPS AT THE NRC C. 1950. [REF 1]

Function

USED TO STIMULATE THE MUSCLES OF THE HEART TO RETURN TO A NORMAL HEART BEAT RHYTHM.

Technical

PROTOTYPE HEART STIMULATOR DEVELOPED AT THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL DEPT. OF RADIO AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING IN OTTAWA.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 LABEL ON FRONT: 'RADIO AND ELECTRICAL LABORATORIES/ NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL/ OTTAWA - CANADA/ MODEL 1 SERIAL 2'/ PRINTING ON FRONT INCLUDES: 'HEART RATE/ [SCALE 30 TO 180]/ VOLTAGE/ MULTIPLIER/ X1 X10/ VOLTS/ [SCALE 0 TO 5]/ HEART STIMULATOR/ POWER/ OFF ON/ EXTERNAL/ EXT. PULSES/ OUTPUT'/.2 TO.6 NO MARKINGS

Missing

ONLY BOX, NONE OF THE INTERNAL WORKINGS ARE INCLUDED.

Finish

.1 HAMMELIN GREY BOX; BLACK KNOBS; WHITE PRINTING/.2 GREY/.3 &.4 WHITE WITH SILVER AND BLACK LABELS/.5 WHITE/.6 ORANGE

Decoration

N/A