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Breakthroughs in Medical Technology Flashcards

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Used to acquire information about the lungs and heartbeats

Inventor:by Rene Laennec (1816)

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Stethoscope by Rene Laennec (1816)

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Produces enlarged images of small/micro objects

Inventor:Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1840)

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Microscope by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1840)

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Instrument for inspecting the interior of the eye

Inventor:Hermann von Helmholz (1850)

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Ophthalmoscope by Hermann von Helmholz (1850)

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Using 2 mirrors to bserve the throat and larynx

Inventor:Manuel Garcia (1855)

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Laryngoscope by Manuel Garcia (1855)

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-Discovered by accident that radiation could penetrate solid objects of low density
-allow physician to view inside of the body without surgery
-used to diagnose pneumonia, pleurisy, tuberculosis since WW II
Inventor: Wilhelm Roentgen (1859)

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X-ray by Wilhelm Roentgen (1859)

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Measures electrical charges during the beating of the heart

Inventor: William Einthoven (1903)

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Electrocardiograph by William Einthoven (1903)

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-Pioneering work for PT
-Treatment for Polio (infantile paralysis)
-use hot packs and muscle manipulation
Inventor: Elizabeth Kenny (1910)

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Kenny Method by Elizabeth Kenny (1910)

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Discovered in 1927 and is used for transporting patients in shock

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Sylvia Stretcher

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Help patients with paralytic anterior poliomyelitis recover normal respiration with the assistance of artificial respirator.
Inventor: Philip Drinker (1927)

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Drinker Respirator by Philip Drinker (1927)

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A machine that temporarily takes over the functions of the heart and lungs, especially during heart surgery
Inventor: Hermann von Helmholz

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Heart-Lung Machine by Hermann von Helmholz

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Procedure made seeing the heart, lung vessels, and valves possible through inserting the cannula in an arm vein and into the heart with an injection of radiopaque dye for x-ray visualization.

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Cardiac Catheterization and Angiography

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First operated Cardiac Catheterization and Angiography

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Forsmann (1929)

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Developed the Cardiac Catheterization and Angiography

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Moniz, Reboul, Rousthol (1930-1940)

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Discovered that Cardiac Catheterization and Angiography is a safe method

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Cournard (1941)

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Visualization of small cells including tumor cells

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Electron Microscope

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Power magnification of the first prototype of electron microscope made by Ernst Ruska and Max Knoll (1931)

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400 power magnification

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The adaptation of computers led to this development

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Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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