General Information

Serial #

KH 9768

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PRIMARILY METAL; SOME SYNTHETIC FITTINGS & TRIM.

Dimensions

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

Length

65.0 cm

Width

62.7 cm

Height

18.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Duplication

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Blu Ray

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Connecticut

City

Essex

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

THIS MACHINE USED OCT. 1991- C. 2000.

Canada

USED BY DR. ROGER GHYS IN HIS MONTREAL, PQ. MEDICAL PRACTICE. DR. GHYS IS CONSIDERED TO BE AMONG THE FIRST CANADIAN PHYSICIANS TO ROUTINELY USE ULTRASOUND AND RELATED TECHNIQUES TO DIAGNOSE BREAST CANCER (LATE 1980S). DR. GHYS ALSO PROVIDED SURGEONS WITH POSITIONAL DATA (AND IMAGES) ACCURATE ENOUGH THAT MANY IMAGING PROCEDURES DID NOT HAVE TO BE REPEATED PRIOR TO SURGERY. [REF.1]

Function

TO RECORD DETAILS WHICH ARE EXHIBITED ON AN ORIGINAL RADIOGRAPH ONTO DUPLICATING FILM.

Technical

COPIER RECORDS AND DUPLICATES CONVENTIONAL RADIOGRAPHY IMAGES, DIGITAL AND VIDEO BASE MODALITIES, ONTO DUPLICATING FILM PRODUCED BY ALL FILM MFRS. IMAGES DERIVED FROM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT), ULTRASOUND, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY, COMPUTERIZED NUCLEAR MEDICINE, MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI), AND POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET) MAY ALL BE COPIED USING THIS DEVICE. (REF. 2)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"BLU-RAY INC./ ESSEX, CONNECTICUT U.S.A." & "BXR/ MARK V" printed on copier front. All controls, etc. labelled. Decal on casing back reads "PO LISTED/ [CSA logo, with registered trademark symbol] [Underwriters Laboratories logo, with registered trademark symbol] INCORPORATED ESSEX, CONN. U.S.A./ 120 V.A.C. 60 HZ. 2.0 AMPS./ MOD. NO. MK V SERIAL NO. KH 9768/ PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT". Decal, above, reads "CAUTION/ For continued protection against/ risk of fire, replace only with same/ type 2A, 250 V FUSE.".

Missing

UNKNOWN: APPEARS COMPLETE.

Finish

LIGHT GREY ENAMEL FINISH ON CASING TOP, SIDES & FRONT HAS FINE PEBBLE-TEXTURED APPEARANCE. LOWER FRONT OF CASE AND MOST OF BACK PANEL HAVE FLAT BLACK ENAMEL FINISH. BLACK MOULDED SYNTHETIC CONTROL KNOBS; BLACK SYNTHETIC COVERING ON ELECTRICAL CORD.

Decoration

N/A