General Information

Serial #

78-502

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL COMPONENTS, SAVE FIBRE STRINGS AND SOME MINOR SYNTHETIC FITTINGS, ETC. RUBBER (?) COVERED ELECTRICAL CORDS.

Dimensions

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

Length

107.0 cm

Width

98.0 cm

Height

232.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Medical equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

OTAL

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS INSTRUMENT WAS USED C. 1978- 1980S.

Canada

DEVELOPED JOINTLY BY DR. TED BLACHUT OF NRC AND DR. ARMSTRONG OF THE OTTAWA CIVIC AND GENERAL HOSPITALS IN THE MID 1970S, AND MFD IN LIMITED QUANTITIES BY OTAL PRECISION CO. LTD., OTTAWA. TECHNOLOGY USED IN CANADIAN HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS FOR SCREENING PURPOSES. ACCORDING TO DONOR THIS UNIT USED BY QUEEN'S & NRC STAFF IN JOINT EXPERIMENTS.

Function

TO DETECT IRREGULARITIES IN THE CURVATURE OF THE HUMAN SPINE.

Technical

DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENT DESIGNED TO SCREEN PATIENTS, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, SUFFERING DEFORMITY OF THE SPINE. LIGHT SHINING ON THE SUBJECT'S BACK, THROUGH THE SLITS FORMED BY STRINGS ON UNIT, CREATED MOIRE PATTERNS: ASSYMETRIES INDICATED IRREGULARITY. SIMPLE TO OPERATE, IT WAS USED BY NURSES AND/OR TECHNICIANS. SUSPECT RESULTS WERE RECORDED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY, AND THE IMAGES PROVIDED TO A PHYSICIAN FOR FOLLOW-UP AND/OR FURTHER EXAMINATION.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Plate on lower front of instrument reads " OTAL/ PRECISION COMPANY LIMITED/ OTTAWA ONTARIO CANADA ". Plate on lower right side of unit back reads " MOIRE CONTOURGRAPHE/ MODEL NO. 40-20-8MS/ SERIAL NO. 78-502 ". Panel containing text mounted on centre front, to right of clock, reads "K62/ MOIRE TOPOGRAM/ OTAL CONTOURGRAPH/ MODEL MS 20 40/ FIDUCIAL TARGETS X 475 MM Y 700 MM/ FIDUCIAL STRINGS INTERSECT ON CAMERA AXIS AT XYZ ORIGIN/ Y [A]XIS IS VERTICAL/ X AXIS IS HORIZONTAL/ CONTOUR INTERVAL Z AXIS 5 MM NOMINAL/ GRID TO CAMERA 1700 MM/ CAMERA TO LAMP 10 MM/ GRID PITCH 2 MM Y AXIS ". Clock face reads " Ingraham " & " MADE IN CANADA ".

Missing

LIGHT SOURCE; SOME ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS MISSING. From CA of 10/24/2000 by Myles Bailey: Yes - There are missing bolts for the standing platform. There are two allen bolts holding nothing and some electrical cords not in there respective plugs.

Finish

FLAT BLACK FINISH OVERALL; WHITE MARKINGS, FIDUCIAL LINES, ETC.

Decoration

N/A