Stethoscope
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 3D-printed/binaural
- DATE
- 2015
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2017.0002.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Glia Project for Open Medical Devices
- MODEL
- Home Built
- LOCATION
- Gaza, Palestinian Authority
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Synthetic tubing, headset, and eartips with a metal spring
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 77.4 cm
- Width
- 7.1 cm
- Height
- 2.5 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
- Glia
- Country
- Palestinian Authority
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Gaza
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 2015
- Canada
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As part of the Glia project for Open Medical Devices, Canadian Physician Tarek Loubani and his colleagues developed this 3D printed stethoscope that was cheap and easy to produce, while having exceptional sound quality. They first made and used this stethoscope in Gaza, Palestinian Authority due to shortages of medical instruments. (From the Acquisitions worksheet, see Ref. 1) - Function
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Allows user to hear sounds from within the body. Especially used to listen to heart, pulse & lungs. (From the Acquisitions worksheet, see Ref. 1) - Technical
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This original, complete version was printed in Gaza in August 2015. This model is "red" (green Y-piece because the original broke quickly). This is the first complete stethoscope used in practice. (From the Acquisitions worksheet, see Ref. 1) - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None apparent
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- The stethoscope has translucent, colourless tubing, bright red synthetic headset eartubes with black synthetic eartips. The "Y" connector that leads to the headset is a bright green synthetic and the headset spring is silver-coloured metal.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Glia Project for Open Medical Devices, Stethoscope, 2015, Artifact no. 2017.0002, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2017.0002.001/
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