"Kretz Museum Tour - The History of Ultrasound"
Franz Wiesauer, Kretz Technik in Austria, 
interviewed by Roberta Speyer, OBGYN.net President 


Samples from the very beginning of Kretztechniks resistance welding production of wire baskets, balloon bottle carriers, outdoor furniture etc.

A-Mode Units of the Mid 1950's

Material testing unit Series 1000. Production started in 1954, different models available until 1965.

First material testing device in action 1953.

Material testing unit Series 1000. Production started in 1954, different models available until 1965.

 

Model 1000 medical ultrasound unit for ophthalmology

M 1000 material testing unit for railway tracks  KretzTechnik

Model 1000 medical ultrasound unit for ophthalmology (1954 – 1965).

M 1000 material testing unit for railway tracks, from 1954 onwards.
 

Material testing A-mode unit  KretzTechnik

Track testing device Series 500 in action, 1962

Material testing A-mode unit with oscilloscope tube. Model Series 3000 from 1958.

Track testing device Series 500 in action, 1962.

 

Material testing model Series 6000  KretzTechnik

Test activity of the rail track testing system in 1963

Material testing model Series 6000 from 1962.

Test activity of the rail track testing system in 1963

 

Medical A-mode type 4000 for ob/Gyn and neurology (neuro-surgery), produced 1964 - 1968.

A-mode model 4100 MGB

Medical A-mode type 4000 for ob/Gyn and neurology (neuro-surgery), produced 1964 – 1968.

A-mode model 4100 MGB for Ob/Gyn, 1965 – 1976

 

A-mode echo-encephalography unit Series 4100 ME

A-mode model 7100 MA for ophthalmology

A-mode echo-encephalography unit Series 4100 ME with documentation device mounted (Polaroid camera), 1967.

A-mode model 7100 MA for ophthalmology, 1966 – 1969.
 

Doppler unit MGD2 for obstetrics to monitor the fetal heart.

A-mode model 7200 MA for ophthalmology, 1971 - 1985

Doppler unit MGD2 for obstetrics to monitor the fetal heart. 1969 – 1972.

A-mode model 7200 MA for ophthalmology, 1971 – 1985

 

Brochure shows the application of 7200 MA

Brochure of the material testing device T5 (battery driven portable)

Brochure shows the application of 7200 MA

Brochure of the material testing device T5 (battery driven portable)

 

Model T4 - Model T5  KretzTechnik

Brochure of A-mode material testing unit Series 8000, different transducers for different applications (tubes outside and inside, weldings etc.).

Two portable material testing devices. Power supply by batteries, therefore useable on remote places. Left side: Model T4, right Model T5.

 

Model 8000 prototype  KretzTechnik

Model 8000 in serial version  KretzTechnik

Prototype of the first completely transistorized material testing unit, Model 8000.

Model 8000 in serial version, fully transistorized.

 

Portable material testing unit KLN  KretzTechnik

Directional Doppler unit DR 200 for the examination of vessels (4 and 8 MHz).

Portable material testing unit KLN with battery supply.

Directional Doppler unit DR 200 for the examination of vessels (4 and 8 MHz).

 

A-scopes  KretzTechnik

Mechanical transducers and A-mode ultrasound devices (white boxes) for medical diagnosis.

The line-up of A-scopes for non-destructive material testing (blue boxes).

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B Mode Units

compound B-mode  KretzTechnik

Material testing devices and first compound B-mode apparatuses for medical diagnosis.

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