Gastro-Camera
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content: The first attempts to develop a gastrocamera, made by in Germany in 1898, failed to develop a device for practical use. In 1949, at the behest of a doctor at the University of Tokyo Medical Center, the Olympus Optical Co. decided to develop tackle the problem. A prototype was unveiled the following year, and commercial models followed soon thereafter. This example, a gastro camera and fibroscope, is an Olympus model GTF, serial no. 200485. The camera has a 1:43 mm lens with a fixed focus.
label: Description
content: The Olympus Corporation (Orinpasu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese manufacturer of optical apparatus. The firm began as Takachiho Seisakusho in October 1919, specializing in microscopes and thermometers. It began manufacturing cameras in 1936, and it became the Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. In 1949. The Olympus Corporation of America was established in 1968 and donated this example to the Smithsonian in 1970.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Olympus Corporation of America
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-13097
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content: M-13097
label: accession number
content: 288178
objectType: label: Object Name
content: gastrocamera
label: Object Name
content: gastro-camera
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 41 in x 3 1/2 in; x 104.14 cm x 8.89 cm