Oxygen Mask
notes: label: Description
content: The "Disposable Pat. No. 2843121" inscription on this oxygen mask refers to Charles H. Hudson, “Oxygen Mask,” U.S. Patent 2,843,121 (July 15, 1958). Hudson lived in Los Angeles, and established Hudson Respiratory Care in 1945. The accompanying brochure describes this as a “Hudson Soft ‘See-Thru’ Elongated Disposable Oxygen Mask Model 24T, manufactured by the Hudson Oxygen Therapy Sales Co.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0874.3
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0874.3
label: patent number
content: 2943121
label: accession number
content: 1981.0874
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Oxygen Mask
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 152 mm x 76 mm; 6 in x 3 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: mask: 2 in x 6 in x 3 in; 5.08 cm x 15.24 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: pamphlet: 1/16 in x 4 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; .15875 cm x 11.43 cm x 8.89 cm