Object Details
- Miles Laboratories
- Description
- A glucometer measures blood glucose. The first example was made by the Ames division of Miles Laboratories and introduced to the market in 1981. It was developed by Anton Hubert Clemens, a German engineer who began working for this firm in 1965, and obtained several related patents. This example is a Model 5550. An inscription reads “AMES DIVISION MILES LABORATORIES INC., P.O. BOX 70, ELKHART, INDIANA 46515.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Bettee-Aynn Amsterdam Thomas
- ca 1986
- ID Number
- 2001.0031.01
- catalog number
- 2001.0031.01
- accession number
- 2001.0031
- Object Name
- blood glucose meter
- reflectance photometer
- Physical Description
- fabric, synthetic (case material)
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.1 cm x 12.7 cm x 6.5 cm; 13/16 in x 5 in x 2 9/16 in
- place made
- United States: Indiana, Elkhart
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Diabetes
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_741721
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-5b3b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
