Hot wire anemometer? Photo is courtesy of Jim Sullivan, Supervisor, Pulmonary Diagnostic Laboratories at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
Category Archives: 1970s
Spirometer, Godart Pulmotest, circa 1975
Pulmonary Function testing system consisting of dual water-seal spirometers with a central kymograph. Performed spirometry, helium dilution FRC and DLCO. The purpose of the double spirometers is unclear but they may have been used to measure oxygen consumption. From: http://db.aconit.org
Spirometer, Godart Pulmotest, circa 1975
Pulmonary Function testing system consisting of dual water-seal spirometers with a central kymograph. Performed spirometry, helium dilution FRC and DLCO. The purpose of the double spirometers is unclear but they may have been used to measure oxygen consumption. From: http://db.aconit.org
Hewlett Packard 47804S PFT System – 1979
State of the art for 1979. Built around a Fleisch pneumotachograph and included an HP desktop computer (with 24K of memory and a tape drive!). It was capable of performing spirometry, DLCO and N2 washout tests. It was only manufactured for a couple of years and was discontinued likely because very few units were sold. It was quite expensive for the time (totally equipped it was $53,175 in 1979 dollars). From “Automated pulmonary function measurements” by Maurice R. Blais and John L. Fanton, Hewlett-Packard Journal, September 1979, page 20.
Collins 13.5 Liter Respirometer, circa 1970’s
Intended primarily for spirometry, some versions came with a helium analyzer and could be used to measure lung volumes. Taken from: http://bid.mclemoreauction.com/cgi-bin/mnarclist.cgi?mclemore/20081028/category/LAB-AND-MEDICAL-EQUIPMENT
Wright Peak Flow Meter, circa 1970
Wright Peak Flow Meter, circa 1970. From dgrespiratory.com
Beckman Metabolic Measurement Cart, 1976
From Wilmore JH, Davis JA, Norton AC. An automated system for assessing metabolic and respiratory function during exercise. J Appl Physiol 1976; 40(6): 619-624.
Radiometer PH1 ABG Analyzer, 1970
From History.NIH.gov. Radiometer PH1 Blood gas Analyzer, 1970
Spirometer, Collins Respirometer, circa 1970
From: History.NIH.gov. Collins Respirometer, circa 1970.
Spirometer, McKesson Metabolor, Model 185, circa 1970
From History.NIH.gov. McKesson Metabolor Model 185 Spirometer, circa 1970.