Oxygenator

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OBJECT TYPE: bubble/Heimbecker
DATE: 1957–1963
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0565.001

MANUFACTURER: Canadian Pipe & Steel Fabricators
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 4
AKA: lower chamber
Patents: N/A
General Description: stainless steel

Dimensions

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

Length: 55.0 cm
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 19.5 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Medical equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Canadian Pipe
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Used 1958-1963.
Canada: Designed by Dr. Raymond Heimbecker, at Banting Institute surgical research laboratory. After c. 1 1/2 years of laboratory testing, the oxygenator & blood-heat exchanger were successfully used in 1958 for the first adult open heart operation in Canada . Used with blood-heat exchanger 2002.0566 in open heart surgery at Toronto General Hospital from 1958-63, when replaced by commercial disc oxygenator. Manufactured by Canadian Pipe & Steel Fabricators, Toronto.
Function: To replace the function of the lung during heart surgery. Specifically, to introduce oxygen and release carbon dioxide from venous blood.
Technical: Lower chamber component of bubble oxygenator encloses a spiral column designed to promote mixing of gas and blood. On exiting the column, blood passes through a filter. Oxygen from pressure tank is introduced via intake tube in base; second intake tube carries venous blood from patient's vena cava catheter. Blood flow regulated to 3L/minute.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Scale "500" to "2700", arranged vertically, and marked at intervals of 100, fixed to cylinder.
Missing: None.
Finish: Bright stainless-steel finish on all exterior surfaces, except graduated scale; scale has dull or matte finish.
Decoration: N/A

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Canadian Pipe & Steel Fabricators, Oxygenator, between 1957–1963, Artifact no. 2002.0565, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0565.001/

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