Electrode

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1965–1970
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1985.0599.002

MANUFACTURER: National Research Council Canada
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 4
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Unknown

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Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Research
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Manufacturer

AKA: NRC
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: LATE 1960S
Canada: PART OF NRC PACEMAKER PROGRAMME, INVOLVING O.Z. ROY. 1ST PACEMAKER DEV'D AT NRC IN 1950 BY JOHN HOPPS WAS APPROX. 30CM LONG AND SEVERAL CM HIGH AND WIDE. DEV'T OF TRANSISTORS & RELIABLE BATTERIES PERMITTED DESIGN OF PACEMAKER OF IMPLANTABLE SIZE (1957). PACEMAKER REGARDED AS ONE OF GREATEST CDN ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENTS OF 20TH CENTURY. (REF. 2)
Function: EXPERIMENTAL USE AS A BIOLOGICAL ENERGY SOURCE FOR CARDIAC PACEMAKERS:ELECTRODE PLACED IN ANIMAL GUT REACTED TO GASTRIC FLUID, TO ACT AS A NATURAL BATTERY.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

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National Research Council Canada, Electrode, between 1965–1970, Artifact no. 1985.0599, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1985.0599.002/

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