Sequoia 512 Sonography System
date: label: date made
content: 1996
name: label: maker
content: Acuson Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: Dr. Samuel H. Maslak (b. 1948) and Hewlett-Packard colleagues, Robert Younge and Amin Hanafy, established Acuson in Mountain View, Ca., in 1979. Their first product, the Acuson 128 Computed Sonography System, was introduced in 1983, and widely praised in the medical ultrasound community. This item, a Sequoia 512 Sonography System, was introduced in 1996. Siemens A.G., Germany’s largest electronics manufacturer, acquired Acuson in 2000.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Mountain View
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Acuson Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0332.02.01
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0332.02.01
label: accession number
content: 1996.0332
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ultrasound system
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 133.5 cm x 64 cm x 124 cm; 52 9/16 in x 25 3/16 in x 48 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 60 in x 32 in x 53 in; 152.4 cm x 81.28 cm x 134.62 cm