Biotechnology- History of Medical Inventions

By Kathleen Pahl
  • Aspirin
    460

    Aspirin

    Between 460 B.C & 377 B.C., Hippocrates left historical records of pain relief treatments
  • Thermometer

    Thermometer

    first modern thermometer, was invented by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
  • Stethoscope

    Stethoscope

    stethoscope invented by the French physician R.T.H. Laënnec
  • Contact Lenses

    Contact Lenses

    Adolph Fick invted first glass contact lenses
  • First Band-aid

    First Band-aid

    Earle Dickson invented the band-aid
  • Heart-lung Bypass Machine

    Heart-lung Bypass Machine

    John Heysham Gibbon invited a prototype heart-lung bypass machine
  • Cardiac Pacemaker

    Cardiac Pacemaker

    John Hopps invented the first cardiac pacemaker
  • Balloon Embolectomy Catheter

    Balloon Embolectomy Catheter

    Thomas Fogarty invented the balloon embolectomy catheter
  • Cataract Laserphaco Probe

    Cataract Laserphaco Probe

    Patricia Bath develop the Cataract Laserphaco Probe
  • HIV protease

    HIV protease

    HIV protease inhibitors were first invented by researchers working for the pharmaceutical companies of Hoffmann- La Roche Inc