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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1951
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0062.002

MANUFACTURER: National Research Council
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal, synthetic and rubber

Dimensions

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Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Medical equipment
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Manufacturer

AKA: NRC
Country: Canada
State/Province: Manitoba
City: Winnipeg

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS PACEMAKER USED IN EXPERIMENTS C. 1951, AND POSSIBLY LATER.
Canada: THE WORLD'S FIRST REGULATED PACEMAKER WITH INTRAVENOUS CATHETERS. DEVELOPED BY DRS. J.C. CALLAGHAN & W.G. BIGELOW, WITH THE ELECTRICAL KNOW-HOW DR. OF J.A. HOPPS, THE PACEMAKER WAS BUILT BY NRC, OTTAWA. (REF. 2)
Function: Unknown
Technical: CARDIAC PACEMAKER CAPABLE OF STARTING A STOPPED HEART AND INCREASING OR DECREASING NORMAL HEART RATE. FIRST ARTIFICIAL PACEMAKER USING INTRAVENOUS CATHETERS TO DELIVER STIMULUS TO THE SINO-AURICULAR NODE. (REF. 1).2 POSSIBLY 2-POINT FOCAL ELECTRODE WITH 2 STIMULATING METAL TIPS (NOW MISSING ONE TIP). (REF. 3)
Area Notes: Unknown

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Missing: N/A
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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National Research Council, Electrode, 1951, Artifact no. 2002.0062, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0062.002/

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