Object Details
- Boehringer Mannheim Diagnostics, Inc.
- Description
- A glucose meter (or glucometer) determines the amount of glucose in a sample of blood. An inscription on the front of this example reads “Accu-Chek bG / Blood Glucose Monitor.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Boehringer Mannheim Diagnostics, Inc. through Edward J. Goebel, Director of Marketing
- 1985
- ID Number
- 1986.0001.01
- accession number
- 1986.0001
- catalog number
- 1986.0001.01
- Object Name
- blood glucose monitor
- Other Terms
- blood glucose monitor; Medicine
- Physical Description
- plastic; metal; paper; electronics (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall, booklet: 3/8 in x 8 in x 4 in; .9525 cm x 20.32 cm x 10.16 cm
- overall: 18 cm x 9.6 cm x 3.7 cm; 7 3/32 in x 3 25/32 in x 1 15/32 in
- place made
- United States: Indiana, Indianapolis
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Diabetes
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_738655
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-6c36-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
