Kingston General Hospital Operating Room Collection
Category
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Vision
Classification
Ophthalmology
Vision
Accession Number
997034462 a-c
Description
Light coagulator consists of a metal carcass on four rubber feet with dials and buttons on top; carcass top has two handles extending upwards and a central metal folding arm which supports the coagulator lamp and cables; coagulator lamp is made of a metal box with a cylindrical pointer nozzle with …
Light coagulator consists of a metal carcass on four rubber feet with dials and buttons on top; carcass top has two handles extending upwards and a central metal folding arm which supports the coagulator lamp and cables; coagulator lamp is made of a metal box with a cylindrical pointer nozzle with an inbuilt fan; lamp also connects to endophoto (b) foot pedal via cord; protective plastic (c) covering fits over the artifact.
Number Of Parts
3
Part Names
a - carcass - Size: Length 76.0 cm x Width 45.0 cm x Depth 44.5 cm
b - foot pedal with cord - Size: Length 2.47 m x Width 7.5 cm x Depth 2.5 cm
c - covering - Size : Length 55.0 cm x Width 54.0 cm x Depth 52.0 cm
Provenance
Used at Kingston General Hospital in the Ophthalmology department.
Printed on metal carcass : "O'MALLEY XENON LIGHTCOAGULATOR // CLINITEX, INC."; printed on sticker attached to back of metal carcass: "CLINITEX, Inc. // 183 NEWBURY STREET // DANVERS, MASS. 01923, U.S.A // 117 V 60 Hz // MODEL NO LOG-2 SERIAL NO 610"; scratched into metal coating on back of carcass: "Ophthalmology // K.G.H. Jul 75"; printed on sticker attached to back of carcass: "ontario hydro // accepted for // professional // use only"; printed on sticker attached to lamp: "ALLOW FAN TO OPERATE FIVE // MINUTES PROIR TO SERVICING // LAMP // SAFETY GLASSES & ADEQUATE // SHIELDING SHOULD BE WORN // WHEN HANDLING LAMP // DO NOT LOOK DIRECTLY AT LAMP // WHEN IGNITED // REPLACE LAMP WITH CLINITEX // CX107 ONLY"; printed on sticker affixed to lamp nozzle: "- DANGER - // POSSIBLE EXPLOSION HAZARD // IF USED IN THE PRESENCE OF // FLAMMABLE ANESTHETICS"; long text printed on paper attached to carcass top: "TO PROTECT XENON LAMP".
Permanent Location
Storage Room W1
W1-8-1
Condition Remarks
Metal coating on carcass is scratched in a few places; paper on stickers is yellowing and ink on one of the stickers on nozzle has faded almost completely
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Internet
Reference Comments
"Portable xenon arc light coagulator" in "British Journal of Ophthalmology", Patrick O'Malley, 1973, December, 57(12), p. 935;
"Laser Applications in Medicine and Biology, Vol 5," Myron Lee Wolbarsht, 1991, p. 278; Internet website Google Book Search
Research Facts
Light coagulation therapy was used to treat a number of retinal conditions. One of the uses was to stabilize retinal detachment by burning and damaging affected cells with a beam of laser light. Prior to 1950s coagulation treatment utilized sunlight by focusing it on the person's retina with a telescope. Early 1950s saw the developement of high-pressure xenon-arc lamps which were used for commercial film projectors and the concept was then later applied to medical products. O'Malley's Light Coagulator Log.2 was developed in 1971 and was an improvement over the bigger bulker Zeiss Coagulator.
Date appears in a journal article as the date O'Malley Light Coagulator was developed.