Stead-Wells spirometer with the Mini Survey Computer system. Computer came with 8K of memory and a teletype unit. Programs were loaded using punched paper tape. Video display and floppy disk memory unit were optional extras. From ‘Collins’ Catalog of Pulmonary Function Testing Instruments”, undated by likely from around 1978, page 1-25.
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Collins Maxi Modular Lung Analyzer with Maxi Survey Computer, circa 1978
Maxi Modular Lung Analyzer with the Maxi Survey Computer system. Computer came with 8K of memory and a teletype unit. Programs were loaded using punched paper tape. Video display and floppy disk memory unit were optional extras. From ‘Collins’ Catalog of Pulmonary Function Testing Instruments”, undated by likely from around 1978, page 1-26.
Plethysmograph, Small Infant, Collins, circa 1978
Had to be custom ordered and you supplied your own pressure transducers. From ‘Collins’ Catalog of Pulmonary Function Testing Instruments”, undated by likely from around 1978, page 1-35.
Spirometer, Small Animal, Collins, circa 1978
1.4 Liter spirometer for use with small animals. From ‘Collins’ Catalog of Pulmonary Function Testing Instruments”, undated by likely from around 1978, page 1-49.
Spirometer, Small Animal with Chamber, Collins, circa 1978
Small animal basal metabolism system with a 1.4 Liter spirometer. From ‘Collins’ Catalog of Pulmonary Function Testing Instruments”, undated by likely from around 1978, page 1-49.
Collins Tissot Gasometer, circa 1925
From an undated photo. Gasometer style indicates it’s from 1920’s.
Gasometer with Kymograph detail, Collins, circa 1945
Undated publicity photo. Date is based on the style of the gasometer and kymograph but could be a decade either way.
Tissot Gasometer, Collins, circa 1950
Undated publicity photo. Style suggests it’s from around 1950 but could be a decade either way.
Spirometer and Gasometer, Collins, 1938
Publicity photo dated Nov, 1938. The spirometer looks like a 6 liter recording Vitalometer but could be an animal spirometer (Collins sold a wide range of metabolic systems for animals from the 1930’s through the 1980’s).
Spirometer, Collins, 1 Liter Animal with Cage, circa 1950
Undated photograph, but likely from around 1950.