Health Sciences · IHPST · Stan Epstein Collection · UTSIC
A blue-coloured cardboard box contains a cylindrical blue plastic artifact with a removable cap on one end a circular opening at the other. This opening is covered with a blue rubber-like material.
Accession Number: 2019.ihpst.85
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Primary Materials: Paper, Plastic
The both the box and the artifact within have the words “Demonstration Unit” written in red text over the standard text.
(Box) Height = 5, Width = 5, Length = 16.
The Aerochamber was designed to prevent user errors involving pressurized metered dose inhalers (pMDI). This is a early commercial example.
Very Good: The instrument is very slightly worn, but in cosmetically excellent condition. The cardboard packaging is damaged, with one tab torn off completely.
Associated Instruments:
Manufactured by Trudell Medical, London Ontario. Distributed by Schering Canada Inc. Pointe Claire, Quebec.
Date of Manufacture: Mid-to-Late 1980s.
This item was acquired along with a collection of medical artifacts from the home of Dr. Stanley Epstein on February 19, 2019.
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- Donated to UTSIC