Defibrillator, cardiac

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OBJECT TYPE: cardiac/electric
DATE: 1950–1959
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0990.001

MANUFACTURER: Measurement Engineering Ltd.
MODEL: 1548
LOCATION: Arnprior, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Grey enamelled metal casing exterior has lightly mottled appearance; fitted with silver metal handles; silver metal connectors, black moulded synthetic [bakelite ?] switches; clear and red synthetic indicator light; black synthetic covering on electrical cord; black and silver metal, clear glass, and brown synthetic components visible inside casing.

Dimensions

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

Length: 42.5 cm
Width: 23.0 cm
Height: 21.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Measurement
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Arnprior

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: This instrument used c. 1950s.
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. This instrument is a piece of the first cardiology equipment used at St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto during the 1950s. [Ref. 3]
Function: To regulate heart-beat.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "[logo- MEL]/ MODEL 1548/ DEFIBRILLATOR/ MANUFACTURED BY/ MEASUREMENT ENGINEERING LTD./ ARNPRIOR, ONTARIO, CANADA." and "DESIGNED BY NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA" printed in white on casing front. All controls, connections, indicator lights, etc. labelled. "USE 115 V. 60 CYCLES ONLY" printed in red in upper right of casing front. Some internal components bear mfr's plates, etc. "MEASUREMENT ENGINEERING LTD./ LICENSED BY CANADIAN RADIO/ PATENTS LIMITED/ PATENTED 1938- 1956 INCLUSIVE" printed on black plate inside casing, visible through rear casing opening. NB: UHN catalogue no. not permanently applied to casing. Paper tag marked "979.32.3 b" removed from artifact for storage in Supp. Info. file 2002.0990.
Missing: Unknown- appears complete.
Finish: Grey enamelled metal casing exterior has lightly mottled appearance; fitted with silver metal handles; silver metal connectors, black moulded synthetic [bakelite ?] switches; clear and red synthetic indicator light; black synthetic covering on electrical cord; black and silver metal, clear glass, and brown synthetic components visible inside casing.
Decoration: N/A

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Measurement Engineering Ltd., Defibrillator, cardiac, circa 1950–1959, Artifact no. 2002.0990, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0990.001/

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