General Information

Serial #

10736

Part Number

1

Total Parts

7

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL; SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length

105.0 cm

Width

45.0 cm

Height

127.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Medical equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Air Shields

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Pennsylvania

City

Hatboro

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

AFTER 1955

Canada

EXAMPLE OF HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT USED IN A CANADIAN HOSPITAL IN THE 1950'S.

Function

USED TO PROVIDE A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT (CONSTANT TEMPERATURE, LEVEL OF OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS, & HUMIDITY) FOR PREMATURE OR ILL INFANTS.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFG'S PLATE: 'The Isolette/ infant incubator by AIR-SHIELDS, INC./ HATBORO PA. U.S.A./ UNDER LICENSE FROM THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA/ U.S. PATENTS/ 2,593,134... 2,695,608/ CANADIAN PATENT 1955/ BRITISH PATENTS 705,589-710,944/ OTHER PATENTS PENDING/ MODEL NO. C-77/ ['UL' AND 'CSA' LOGOS]'/ PRINTING ON FRONT INCLUDES: 'ISOLETTE SERIAL NO. 10736' 'AIR CIRCULATION/ MUST ALWAYS BE ON' 'SAFETY ALARM/ TEMP.BETWEEN 97 - 100F''HEATER/ ON-AUTOMATICALLY-OFF' '115 VOLTS A.C. 50-60 CY. 300 WATTS/ POWER PACK FOR MODEL C-77'/ PLATE ON SIDE INCLUDES: 'OXYGEN INPUT/ RATE OF FLOW/ (LITERS/MIN.).../ CONCENTRATION.../ ANY FLOW OVER 3 LPM WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY/ BLOWN OFF TO THE ROOM./ IMPORTANT, CHECK CONCENTRATIONS ROUTINELY WITH/ AN OXYGEN ANALYZER. SEE OPERATING MANUAL FOR/ ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONS WHEN USING OXYGEN."/ TAPE ON FRONT READS: 'BUZZER DISCONNECTED' 'FOR TEMPERATURE ALARM SEE RED LIGHT'/ RULER DRAWN ON COVER AT BACK: TOP IN CENTIMETERS, MARKED FROM 1 TO 65/ BOTTOM MARKED IN INCHES FROM 1 TO 26. STAMPED ON ONE END: '16339'/ PLATE ON LID ON SIDE: 'ICE CHAMBER/ TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM COOLING/ FILL WITH CRACKED ICE/ AND ADD ICE WATER'/ HANDWRITTEN ON TWO PLACES: '28'

Missing

UNKNOWN

Finish

BODY HAMMERLIN GREY WITH BLUE PRINTING; TOP CLEAR PLASTIC

Decoration

N/A