Cambridge Portable Cardiograph for DC (Battery) operation C455388, 1946
File
Reference Code: GBR/1919/AHRF 8/165
Scope and Contents
Manufactured by Cambridge Instruments Company, Grosvenor Place, London 1946. In leather case.
Dates
- Creation: 1946
Biographical / Historical
This 'suitcase portable' was first manufactured in 1944. Despite competition from companies making use of electronic techniques the Company persisted with the Einhoven design, making it still more compact. The Unipolar Lead Switch was introduced for use with these instruments as an aid to the diagnosis of special heart conditions.
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Repository
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Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
Box 268
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation
Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ United Kingdom
+441223 586737
cuh.addenbrookesarchive@nhs.net