Boyle Anaesthesia Machine

Object numberED.CS.2025.35.321
TitleBoyle Anaesthesia Machine
CreatorMedishield (Manufacturer)
Description3-tier metal trolley with wheels, with various attached parts. Below the top shelf is a horizontal bracket which hold a flowmeter which has indicators for oxygen, air, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide. Each of these is colour coded. Further along this same brackets are four ports for fitting vapourisers. On the middle shelf at the back are attached 4 valves, each colour-coded for the gases indicated on the flowmeter. Next to the flowmeter is a an electronic box marked 'Penlon pressure failure alarm for intermittent positive pressure ventilation'. Below this, (on the left of the machine) are two valves and ports for oxygen cylinders, each with a blanking plug attached. On the right side are two other valves and ports, one for nitrous oxide and one for air. Next to these and slightly above is a square plastic bodies valve reading 'high vacuum' attached to a small plastic cylinder and a flexible plastic tube. On the lowest shelf is a Manley Pulmovent Model MPP. A black tube emerging from this is attached to a series of ports affixed to the front of the trolley reading 'emergency O2'. At the front lower left of the trolley is a rebreathing unit, consisting of a large plastic cannister filled with soda lime beads, and has a black rubber reservoir bag to the side.
Production date c 1960 - c 1990
Production periodTwentieth century, late
Object nameAnaesthetic apparatus
Object categoryMedical Equipment
Dimensions
- Trolley Width: 74.00 cm
Depth: 84.00 cm
Length: 145.00 cm