Sensor, Blood Pressure, Glenn, Friendship 7
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Object Details
- Astronaut
- John H. Glenn, Jr.
- Manufacturer
- R. E. Darling Co. Inc.
- Summary
- This blood pressure sensor and cuff was part of the equipment issued to by John Glenn during his historic Friendship 7 flight on February 20, 1962.
- The sensor with attached cuff is a standard, readily available piece of equipment and was one of several pieces of medical equipment issued to John Glenn to monitor the heartrate and blood pressure of the astronaut during his Mercury flight.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA
- Inventory Number
- A19670188000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Medical
- Materials
- Cuff: Nylon, velcro,
- Hose: Rubber, aluminium
- Dimensions
- Overall (Display): 9 × 7 × 1 in. (22.9 × 17.8 × 2.5cm)
- 3-D: 43.5 × 11 × 4cm (17 1/8 × 4 5/16 × 1 9/16 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19670188000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv918819684-4483-4282-a73e-45dadb29a141
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