Biotechnology- History of Medical Inventions

By Kathleen Pahl
  • 460

    Aspirin

    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