Sphygmomanometer

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OBJECT TYPE: manual/cuff/gauge-read
DATE: 1960–1990
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0733.001

MANUFACTURER: TYCOS
MODEL: Tycos II
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: 18000248
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Dark brown synthetic [vinyl ?] cuff has red-brown fabric [nylon ?] lining; black Velcro closure; black rubber tubing and bulb; black wrinkle-textured metal gauge casing has clear synthetic window over red-brown and white face; some silver metal fittings.

Dimensions

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

Length: 18.0 cm
Width: 11.0 cm
Height: 7.5 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
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Presumably used c. 1960s+. This example not used after 1995.
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: Unknown
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "Tycos II/ SPHYGMANOMETER/ CERTIFIED/ 018000248" and mm Hg scale 20- 300, divided in increments of 2 and labelled at intervals of 20 printed on gauge face; "ARDEN, N.C., U.S.A." also printed on gauge housing, above outlet to rubber tubing. "Tycos" stamped into bulb. "Tycos [Registered symbol]/ PRE-CALIBRATED/ ARTERY" and down facing arrow printed on fabric label sewn to cuff. "INDEX" with right facing arrow and "RANGE" with right and left facing arrows printed on cuff. UHN catalogue no. "996.3.10" printed by hand in white ink on cuff.
Missing: None.
Finish: Dark brown synthetic [vinyl ?] cuff has red-brown fabric [nylon ?] lining; black Velcro closure; black rubber tubing and bulb; black wrinkle-textured gauge casing has clear synthetic window over red-brown and white face; some silver metal fittings.
Decoration: N/A

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TYCOS, Sphygmomanometer, circa 1960–1990, Artifact no. 2002.0733, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0733.001/

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