Electrode

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OBJECT TYPE
BIO-GALVANIC/IMPLANTABLE/ROUND
DATE
1965–1970
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1985.0599.001
MANUFACTURER
National Research Council Canada
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
4
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
SILVER ELECTRODE DISKS (OR POSSIBLY PLATINUM?)/ WIRECOATED WITH PLASTIC TUBING, SILVER SILASTIC MOUNTS.

Dimensions

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

Length
3.0 cm
Width
3.0 cm
Height
N/A
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Medical Technology
Category
Research
Sub-Category
N/A

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

Details

Markings
N/A
Missing
N/A
Finish
Unknown
Decoration
N/A

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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/1985.0599.001/

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