Pacemaker, cardiac

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OBJECT TYPE: transvenous/Chardack Greatbatch
DATE: 1966
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0782.001

MANUFACTURER: Medtronic Inc.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Transparent amber-colour synthetic disc contains 5 round batteries and circuity, presumably both metal and synthetic; 2 silver metal wires encased in transparent synthetic.

Dimensions

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

Length: 8.0 cm
Width: 7.3 cm
Height: 2.6 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Research
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Medtronic
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Minnesota
City: Minneapolis

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: This type of pacemaker developed and used c. 1966. This example never used.
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: First transvenous pacemaker implant, 1966. [Ref. 3]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "CHARDACK GREATBATCH/ PACEMAKER/ MFG. BY/ MEDTRONIC INC/ MPLS. MINN. USA" printed in white on one side of disk casing; " -" , "A" and "R" also printed on casing ." + " printed on reverse, near exit for wires. "7G0571" visible on one battery casing. " UA 89060" appears in raised print on synthetic coving on leads, near join. UHN paper tag tied to pacemaker reads "1st transvenous/ pacemaker/ implant in/ 1966" and "994.1.12".
Missing: Unknown.
Finish: Transparent amber-colour synthetic disc contains 5 round batteries and circuity, presumably both metal and synthetic; 2 silver metal wires encased in transparent synthetic.
Decoration: N/A

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Medtronic Inc., Pacemaker, cardiac, 1966, Artifact no. 2002.0782, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0782.001/

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