From: Survey of Current Cardiovascular and Respiratory Examination Methods in Medical Selection and Control of Aircrew by A. Scano, NATO Agardograph No. 196, published December 1974, page 46.
Category Archives: 1970s
Godart Pulmotest, 1974, Spirometry
From: Survey of Current Cardiovascular and Respiratory Examination Methods in Medical Selection and Control of Aircrew by A. Scano, NATO Agardograph No. 196, published December 1974, page 20.
Godart Pulmotest, 1974
From: Survey of Current Cardiovascular and Respiratory Examination Methods in Medical Selection and Control of Aircrew by A. Scano, NATO Agardograph No. 196, published December 1974, page 20.
Metabolimeter, Kofranyi-Michaelis, 1971
From Consalazio CF, Energy expenditure studies in military populations using Kofranyi-Michaelis respirometers, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, December 1971, page 1432.
“This simplified and compact unit is fairly small, 20 by 27 by 11 cm, weighs 3 kg, and consists of a dry gas meter for measuring the total volume and temperature of expired air. The aliquoting device can eb set to continuously remove 0.3 or 0.6% of each breath of expired air into a 500-ml butyl rubber bag. One important feature is that these aliquots can be taken over fairly long periods of time. These aliquots are analyzed for their CO2 and O2 concentration by conventional procedures and the eventual calculation of energy expenditure.”
Plethysmograph, 1970’s
Manufacturer and exact date are unknown. Photo courtesy of James Sullivan, BA, RPFT, Supervisor, Pulmonary Laboratories, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Collins Maxi-Modular System, Late 1970’s
Photograph courtesy of James Sullivan, BA, RPFT, Supervisor, Pulmonary Laboratories, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center was taken in 1984.
His description: “This system did both ssDLCO and sbDLCO. It has an N2 analyzer, but this wasn’t working when I started in the lab; we used He equilibration for FRC measurement. It used a teletype for data input and output (those things put out a lot of heat…), a Data General computer, complete with the front-panel DIP switches, and a HP X-Y recorder. ….. It was a good system to learn on, because while it was “computerized”, you could still write down He readings and perform your own calculations. The spirometry software (all programs were loaded into the computer through the teletype via a perforated paper tape; loading took about 45 min) was pretty limited, and there were many times I could get more accurate measurements by calculating the tracings off of the kymograph.”
“…the second spirometer bell (on the right) was used for the inspired sbDLCO gas. The bell on the left was the primary spirometer, where spirometry, He equilibration and the volume measurements for both DLCO tests were done.”
Spirometer, Monaghan M403, 1974, Advertisement
The Monaghan M403 used a hot-wire sensor. The readout was digital, the rest its electronic circuitry was likely analog. From: The British Journal of Anesthesia, 1974, Vol 46, No.2, Page 1.
Lung Volumes, 1974, Collins
From the Salina Journal, Salina, Kansas, Feb 10, 1974, page 8. A Collins Respirometer with a helium analyzer for measuring lung volumes. Publicity photo, note that the mouthpiece is outside the girl’s mouth, not a recommended approach.
Spirometry, 1974
From the New Castle News, New Castle, Pennsylvania, Apr 16, 1974, Page 2. Probably an Ohio 800 spirometer.
Spirometry, 1970, Ohio 300
From the Independent, Long Beach, California, Oct 28, 1970, Section B, page 4. Described as an Ohio 300 costing $15,000.