From Medical Electronic Laboratory Equipment 1967-68: Pergamon Electronics Data Series by G. W. A. Dummer, J. Mackenzie Robertson, published by Elsevier, page 582.
Category Archives: 1960s
Godart Katapherometer, 1967
Godart CO2 Analyzer, 1967
Godart Nitrograph, 1967
Godart Micro-Scholander Gas Analyzer
Collins 5-way valve. Used for DLCO testing before automated valves had been developed. The patient mouthpiece was attached to the opening in the center. A rubber alveolar sample bag was attached to the small port at the bottom. The knob on the rear side was used by the technician to step the patient through the different stages of the test. Found on an Ebay listing.
Pneumotach, Fleisch, 1960
Valves, 1963
Breathing valves available in the USA in 1963. Attrributed to an article authored by Consolazio, Johnson and Pecora. From: page 40 of of a 2003 doctoral dissertion by Yaser Mahfouz Atwa Saad Elgohari.
Spirometer, Spengler, Circa 1960’s
Found on an Ebay listing. Size was noted as 20 cm wide, 27 cm tall, 2.6 kg. The dial indicates it was made in Paris, France.
Forced Oscillation, 1968
Forced oscillation technique using loudspeakers and a volume-displacement plethysmograph. Grimby, Gunnar, Tamotsu Takishima, William Graham, Peter Macklem, and Jere Mead. “Frequency dependence of flow resistance in patients with obstructive lung disease.” Journal of Clinical Investigation 1968; volume 47, no. 6, page 1458.