Sphygmomanometer
date: label: date made
content: about 1971
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription on this instrument reads “LUMISCOPE / DIGITRONIC / DIGITAL SPHYGMOMANOMETER.” In 1975, Alan Beeber (d. 2009), president of the Lumiscope firm, testified to Congress about the feasibility of producing a low-cost and reliable home blood pressure monitor.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Robert Lamp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0378.04
label: accession number
content: 2016.0378
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0378.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sphygmomanommeter
label: Object Name
content: sphygmomanometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric; rubber; plastic; metal; paper; electronics, vinyl (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: case: 4 1/2 in x 7 in x 4 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 17.78 cm x 11.43 cm