Cuff
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0712.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Taylor Instrument Cos.
- MODEL
- Tycos Dr. Rogers
- LOCATION
- Rochester, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- G23404
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- blood pressure cuff
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- cotton, silver metal and rubber components.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 117.5 cm
- Width
- 74.0 cm
- Height
- 4.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Taylor Instrument
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Rochester
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This instrument used in 1939-1945; possibly also used earlier/later.
- Canada
-
Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON. - Function
-
A fabric cuff with an inflatable band that is wrapped around the upper arm and used in conjunction with a measurement device to measure blood pressure. This cuff was used with a sphygmomanometer. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Fabric label sewn to cuff reads "Tycos/ Taylor Instrument Companies/ ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A./ ARTERY/ LEFT/ ARM/ RIGHT/ ARM" AND DIRECTIONAL ARROWS. "B-D/ RUTHERFORD, N.J. USA" stamped into bulb.
- Missing
- Missing screw to adjust pressure to bulb; length of tubing to connect gauge to cuff. NB: gauge [now .1] has become separated from cuff.
- Finish
- Cream-colour cotton cover over rubber cuff band, tubing and bulb; silver metal connectors fitted to tubing.
- Decoration
- N/A
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