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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
More Information
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
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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
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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
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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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