trans-vaginal ultrasound endoscope
date: label: date made
content: 1952-1953
name: label: Associated Name
content: University of Minnesota
label: Associated Name
content: National Cancer Institute
label: Associated Name
content: National Institutes of Health
label: maker
content: Wild, John J.
label: maker
content: Reid, John M.
notes: label: Description
content: In the early to mid 1950s John Wild and John Reid were working on portable items that could be attached to and used with a larger clinical display unit and power source, not collected here. These included instruments for imaging the bowel, colon, prostate, cervix, and ovaries. This trans-vaginal endoscope was created to solve the problem that ultrasound transducers needed to be very close, within 4cm, of the tissue under examination to produce the highest quality image. For these reasons, Wild produced trans-rectal and trans-vaginal endoscopes with sound heads that would rotate as sound pulses were emitted, received, and displayed as bright dots on the oscilloscope. The sound head is the part of the instrument that holds the transducer.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Minnesota, Minneapolis, St. Barnabas Hospital
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Minnesota, Minneapolis, St. Barnabas Hospital
topic: label: Subject
content: Ultrasound
label: Subject
content: Radar
label: Subject
content: Imaging
label: Subject
content: Diagnostic Equipment
label: Subject
content: Cancer
label: Subject
content: Obstetrics
label: Subject
content: Gynecology
label: Subject
content: Medicine
label: associated subject
content: Endoscopy
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ellen L. C. Wild and Valerie C. Wild
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0300.05
label: accession number
content: 2015.0300
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0300.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trans-vaginal ultrasound endoscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: adhesive tape (cord material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (cord material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25.5 cm x 46 cm x 16 cm; 10 1/32 in x 18 1/8 in x 6 5/16 in