Cuff

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0712.002

MANUFACTURER: Taylor Instrument Cos.
MODEL: Tycos Dr. Rogers
LOCATION: Rochester, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: G23404
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: blood pressure cuff
Patents: N/A
General Description: cotton, silver metal and rubber components.

Dimensions

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

Length: 117.5 cm
Width: 74.0 cm
Height: 4.0 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 Instrument
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: Rochester

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: This instrument used in 1939-1945; possibly also used earlier/later.
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: A fabric cuff with an inflatable band that is wrapped around the upper arm and used in conjunction with a measurement device to measure blood pressure. This cuff was used with a sphygmomanometer.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Fabric label sewn to cuff reads "Tycos/ Taylor Instrument Companies/ ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A./ ARTERY/ LEFT/ ARM/ RIGHT/ ARM" AND DIRECTIONAL ARROWS. "B-D/ RUTHERFORD, N.J. USA" stamped into bulb.
Missing: Missing screw to adjust pressure to bulb; length of tubing to connect gauge to cuff. NB: gauge [now .1] has become separated from cuff.
Finish: Cream-colour cotton cover over rubber cuff band, tubing and bulb; silver metal connectors fitted to tubing.
Decoration: N/A

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Taylor Instrument Cos., Cuff, circa 1930, Artifact no. 2002.0712, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0712.002/

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