Magnet, pacemaker
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- OBJECT TYPE
- EKG transmitter/horseshoe
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2008.0512.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Intermedics Inc.
- MODEL
- Trace-a-Pace
- LOCATION
- Freeport, Texas, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 7
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Ferrous metal
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 5.2 cm
- Width
- 5.2 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- 2.0 cm
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Intermedics
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Texas
- City
- Freeport
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A magnet used with a pacemaker EKG transmitt: it is held against the skin directly over the implanted pulse generator and the magnet activates a switch inside the pulse generator which provides a second kind of reading for evaluating the pacemaker. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Red lettering reads 'INTERMEDICS'
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Painted glossy white
- Decoration
- N/A
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Intermedics Inc., Magnet, pacemaker, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2008.0512, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2008.0512.002/
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