PACEMAKER
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PULSE GENERATOR
- Date Range From
- 1985
- Date Range To
- 1995
- Materials
- STEEL, PLASTIC, RUBBER
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116073
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PULSE GENERATOR
- Date Range From
- 1985
- Date Range To
- 1995
- Materials
- STEEL, PLASTIC, RUBBER
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1
- Length
- 5.1
- Width
- 4.5
- Description
- PACEMAKER HAS OVAL SHAPED BATTERY HOUSING MADE OF STAINLESS STEEL. HAS STYLIZED "M" STAMPED INTO SIDE AS WELL AS "NEG" AND "5923". ALSO HAS LARGE "WI" WITH "PULSE GENERATOR". ACROSS BOTTOM IS "AY4001289M MEDTRONIC CANADA MISSISSAUGA, ONT CANADA". CLEAR PLASTIC HOUSING IS FASTENED TO TOP OF BATTERY CASE. CYLINDRICAL ELECTRODE IS ENCASED IN PLASTIC. CLEAR RUBBER WIRE EXTENDS FROM PLASTIC ELECTRODE AND HAS BEEN STRIPPED AT END TO REVEAL COILED WIRE.
- Subjects
- MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E
- Historical Association
- HEALTH SERVICES
- History
- PACEMAKER WAS REMOVED FROM MORGUE AT ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116073
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-01
- Collection
- Museum
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