Classification
Description
A model of the world's first fully implantable cardiac pacemaker, made and donated to the museum by AUB Modelmaking student Kate Evans. This pacemaker was invented by Doctors Rune Elmqvist and Ake Senning, and was fitted to a patient in Sweden in 1958. The experimental unit encased components such as pulse generating circuitry and batteries, within a biocompatible, synthetic epoxy resin called Araldite, which was originally cast in a Kiwi shoe polish tin. The plastics in the original pacemaker provided the vital hermetic seal to prevent the ingress of bodily fluids from short circuiting the unit and two polyethylene coated suture wires connected the unit to the patient's heart. The dimensions listed are for the whole case.
Designers & Manufacturers
Designer (Person)
Object number
AIBDC : 008433
Date
2020
Country
Method
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3D printed inductor, resistor, transistor and battery
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heart and pacemaker encasement
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painted ribs on case
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some components within the pacemaker
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acrylic case
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some components within the pacemaker
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Material
| plastic | |
| PU | |
| PUR | |
| polyurethane | heart - Fast Cast resin |
| polyepoxide | |
| epoxy resin | pacemaker encasement, epoxy putty (Milliput) also used. |
| unidentified | 3d printed resistor, transistor and battery |
| acrylic | display case and pacemaker brackets |
| PMMA | |
| polymethyl methacrylate | |
| metal | |
| copper | wire |
| steel | wire and display case attachments |
| brass | plate holding battery in place and screws attaching heart |
| wood | plywood attachment |
| M.D.F. | base |
| acrylic | paint, heart and ribs |
| cellulose | paint, heart |
| cellulose | paint, heart |
Dimensions
Width
319mm
Depth
60mm
Length
410mm