Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

NERVE STIMULATOR

Date Range From

1970

Date Range To

1980

Materials

STEEL, RUBBER, PLASTIC, BRASS

No. Pieces

12

Description

1. 8.8CM (H) X 19.8CM (L) X 11.7CM (W) RECTANGULAR BOX MADE OF GALVANIZED STEEL WITH ROUNDED EDGES AND BLACK PLASTIC FACE. FACE HAS TWO LARGE BLACK KNOBS WITH RED CUT GLASS INDICATOR IN BETWEEN. ACROSS TOP OF FRONT IN RED IS "MEDELEC" WITH "NERVE STIMULATOR" BENEATH IT IN WHITE. AT BOTTOM ARE TWO PLASTIC ELECTRODE CAPS, ONE BLACK, ONE RED. "ELECTRODES" IS STAMPED BETWEEN THEM. IN TOP LEFT HAND CORNER IS BLACK RECTANGULAR LABEL GLUED TO FRONT. IT READS "100-120V.60 C/S". IN BOTTOM LEFT CORNER OF FACE IS "MADE IN ENGLAND" IN WHITE LETTERS. ON END OF BOX IS CIRCULAR BRASS COLLAR AROUND THREADED POWER PLUG. ON TOP OF BOX IS EMBOSSED RED AND GOLD LABEL. IT READS "ELECTRICAL PROTECTION ACT APPROVED A-17452 ALBERTA" AND "STANLEY COX LTD. LONDON". 2. MONITOR CABLE - 38CM LONG GREY PLASTIC COVERED CABLE WITY STAINLESS STEEL ENDS. ONE END IS JACK END WITH CRISS-CROSS BANDS AROUND BASE. HAS WHITE STICKER WITH "SWITCHCRAFT 290" ON IT. PLASTIC CABLE COVERING HAS "BELDEN 8422" STAMPED INTO IT. OPPOSITE END HAS THREADED COLLAR WITH "AMPHENOL" STAMPED INTO IT. ALSO HAS COILED WIRE BRACE. JACK END HAS COTTON TAPE FLAG LABEL WITH HAND-PRINTING ON IT "CORBIN FARNSWERTH" AND "BACK OF MONITOR TO ECG". 3. POWER CABLE - BLACK RUBBER COVERED POWER CABLE WITH RUBBER COVERED PLUG AT ONE END AND STAINLESS STEEL POWER COLLAR AT OTHER END. COLLAR HAS VERTICAL RAISED LINE GRIP. CORD IS 460CM LONG. 4. NEEDLE ELECTRODE CABLE - 190CM LONG BROWN PLASTIC COVERED CABLE WITH DUAL WIRES. ONE END HAS PLASTIC HUB WITH TWO RAISED EYES AND BULB ON IT. CABLE SPLITS INTO TWO ELECTRODES FROM HUB. ELECTRODES HAVE CYLINDRICAL PLASTIC COVERED BASE WITH STEEL SHAFT ENDS. OPPOSITE END HAS BEEN HAND SPLIT AND HAD TWO NEEDLES SOLDERED TO WIRE. NEEDLES HAVE RUBBER TUBE COVERS AND EACH HAS "HAKKO" AND "18G" STAMPED INTO SQUARE HUB. 5. CLIP ELECTRODE CABLE - 170CM LONG DUAL WIRE WITH CLEAR PLASTIC COVER. ONE END SPLITS INTO TWO ELECTRODES WITH DOME HUB AND SPLIT ELECTRODE SHAFT. ONE HAS BLACK PLASTIC COVER, THE OTHER HAS RED PLASTIC COVER. OPPOSITE END SPLITS INTO TWO AS WELL AND HAS ALLIGATOR CLIPS WITH BLACK AND RED RUBBER COVERING AS WELL. 6. STIMULATOR PADDLES - TWO 100CM LONG PADDLES. EACH IS CYLINDRICAL BAKELITE HANDLE WITH CENTRAL ELECTRODE CORE AND CIRCULAR PAN AT END. OPPOSITE END HASC OILED BLACK RUBBER COVERED CORD WITH PLUG AT OTHER END. PLUG HAS RED PLASTIC HOUSING AND SINGLE BRASS PRONG. RAISED ON PLASTIC HOUSING IS "THE SUPERIOR ELECTRIC CO." AND "25A.125-250V.". BRASS PRONG IS SPLIT DOWN CENTER. 7. THREE-LEAD ELECTRODE - 360CM LONG GREY CABLE MADE OF THREE SEPARATE LEADS WRAPPED IN GRAY PLASTIC TUBE COVER. JACK END HAS BLACK PLASTIC HOUSING AND STAINLESS STEEL JACK. OPPOSITE ENDS HAVE PLASTIC HOUSING AS WELL, ONE GREEN, ONE RED AND ONE BLACK. EACH ALSO HAS SHORT STEEL ELECTRODE WHICH NEEDLE FITS OVER. TWO LEADS HAVE NEEDLES WITH PLASTIC COVERS. 8. STIMULATOR ROD - 152CM LONG BLACK CORD WITH STIMULATOR HANDLE. CORD HAS SPLIT END WITH SPLIT SHAFT ELECTRODES, ONE RED, ONE WHITE. HANDLE IS COVERED WITH BLACK RUBBER AND HAS TWO CURVED ELECTRODE RODS. EACH IS THREADED AND HAS SPHERICAL TIP WHICH SCREWS ON TO IT. 9. NEEDLES - FOUR STAINLESS STEEL NEEDLES 4.3CM IN LENGTH WITH CYLINDRICAL LOCK HUBS. EACH HUB HAS FOUR VERTICAL FINS. EACH NEEDLE HAS CLEAR RUBBER TUBE COVERS. TWO NEEDLES ARE IN GREEN PLASTIC PACKAGE WITH MASKING TAPE HOLDING IT CLOSED. TAPE HAS DIAGONAL RED STRIPES AND HAS "NEEDLE ELECTRODES" AND "AUG7/75" HAND WRITTEN ON IT.

Subjects

MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E

Historical Association

HEALTH SERVICES

History

NERVE STIMULATOR CAME IN GREEN PLASTIC PACKAGING WHICH INDICATED THE MACHINE AND ITS PARTS HAD BEEN STERILIZED IN AN AUTOCLAVE. PACKAGES WERE MARKED AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER 1975. NERVE STIMULATOR WAS REMOVED FROM ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.

Catalogue Number

P19960116120

Acquisition Date

1996-01

Collection

Museum

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