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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences
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1938-1974
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36 Cubic feet (81 Films, 16mm)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0222
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Films vary in subject, production source, and intended audience. Includes both silent and sound black-and-white, and color films with sound.
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GV Medical, Inc.
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
CABG Medical, Inc.
ATS Medical, Inc.
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1961-2014
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10 Cubic feet (25 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1340
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Manny Villafaña, inventor, entrepreneur and founder of several medical device companies since 1971. The majority of the collection pertains to St. Jude Medical, which introduced the mechanical heart valve technology that became the industry standard.
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Leonard, Ronald J.
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1966-2000
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5 Cubic feet (12 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1109
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Ronald J. Leonard's work at Travenol Laboratories and Sarns/3M, developing pumps and oxygenators used in cardiopulmonary bypass surgery.
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Halkett, James A. E. (physicist)
Wesolowski, Sigmund A.
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1948-1951.
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0220
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Halkett and Wesolow(ski) materials show the process of technological innovation through laboratory protocols. They also demonstrate the various alternatives explored in the search for effective artificial circulation by using materials which would not damage or clot blood and that could be sterilized. The evolution of the pumping mechanism and powe...
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Records of Think Surgical, Inc.
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Think Surgical, Inc. (Fremont, California)
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1983-2010
bulk 1991-1994
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5.5 Cubic feet (17 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1378
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the development of ROBODOC™, the first robot to perform surgery on a human in the United States through correspondence, memoranda, press clippings, press releases, engineering drawings, regulatory policies and procedures, photographs, and audiovisual materials.
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Yoon, InBae, 1936-2014
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1970-2009
bulk 1973-2003
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13 Cubic feet (35 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1414
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
InBae Yoon was a Korean American inventor. He specialized in OB-GYN surgery, and his inventions aided in the safety of laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery. The papers include personal documents, corporate agreements and licenses, technical drawings, patent applications, correspondence, project proposals, and methods and procedures.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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circa 1800-1965
bulk 1830-1930
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4.56 Cubic feet (consisting of 10 boxes, 1 folder, 1 oversize folder, 1 map case folder.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Instruments
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Instruments forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Kern, George Robert, 1894-1962 (cabinet maker, machinist)
Kern, George Robert, Jr., 1919-1987
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1936-1970
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3 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0479
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Blueprints, drawings, patent applications, patents, product photographs, correspondence, bills and receipts, advertising, and published articles related to the Kerns' products. The bulk of the material, 1949-1958, is from George Kern's files. It primarily relates to the development and marketing of the Dentagraph and high speed dental drills before the formation of the Fairfax Manufacturing Company in 1957.
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Baer, Ralph H., 1922-2014
Harrison, William
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
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2009-08-15-2009
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1179
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
In a moderated conversation about his life and work, Baer reenacts, with his partner William Harrison, the first time he played "Oddyssey", the first home video game for the consumer market, which he invented, and answers questions from the audience.
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1989
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9 videotapes and 3 audiotapes. 11 digital video .wmv files and .rm files (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9544
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Videohistory Program, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation from 1986 until 1992, used video in historical research. Additional collections have been added since the grant project ended. Videohistory uses the video camera as a historical research tool to record moving visual information. Video works best in historical r...
