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M 5101

ICE

Year
Unknown
Category
Medical Electronics
Type
Diagnostic devices
Documentation score
1/5
Last edited
03 OCT 2026

Specifications

Function
tissue impedance changes 0.01–1 Ω, two channels
Frequency
oscillator 100, 150, 200 or 300 kHz
Power supply
220 V, 50 Hz
Dimensions
200 × 200 × 320 mm
Weight
7 kg

Sources: [2]

Description

The M 5101 is a rheograph, for recordings in acute and chronic vascular disease, made in the microproduction workshop of the ICE research institute in Bucharest, where it was designed [1].

Together with the Ministry of Health, ICE drew up a national medical equipment programme; the prototypes of its medical electronics laboratory went into production at IEIA Cluj-Napoca (19 types), IEMI (3), IEI (2) and in ICE’s microproduction workshop (19) [1]. As demand grew, production of some of them was taken over by IEI [1].

Its prospectus describes a two-channel rheograph that records the changes of tissue impedance with the arterial pulse, to follow peripheral and visceral haemodynamics, or the breathing rate of newborns in incubators; it used balanced resistive bridges and fed an ECG recorder [2].

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References

  1. [1]N. Millea (coord.) et al. – „Electronica românească. O istorie trăită”, vol. II „Electronica profesională”, AGIR, section II.4.3 „Laborator aparate electronice pentru medicină și biologie”, pp. 123–127
  2. [2]N. Millea (coord.) et al. – „Electronica românească. O istorie trăită”, vol. II „Electronica profesională”, AGIR, annex II.4.4.5 „Aparatură medicală”, pp. 582–594