Alexander Wood
Alexander Wood (1817-1884) was a Scottish physician. Inventor of the first hypodermic needle (1853), taking the 'sting of the bee' as his model
Category Equipment
Ivan Magill
Sir Ivan Whiteside Magill (1888 – 1986) was an Irish Anaesthetist. Epomnymously affiliated with various anaesthetic devices such as the Magill forceps
Godfrey Hounsfield
Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield (1919-2004) was an English electrical engineer, Invention of computed tomography and Hounsfield Units (HU)
Bier Block
Bier Block; Intravenous regional anaesthesia (IVRA) provides a simple, safe technique for various surgeries on the upper and lower limbs. First performed by Bier in 1908 and fell into disuse
Ralph Huber
Ralph L Huber (1890-1953) was an American Dentist and inventor. Created Huber-point needle (1943, patent 1945) commonly known as TUOHY needle
Sidney Yankauer
Sidney Yankauer (1872–1932) was an American otolaryngologist. Eponyms: Yankauer suction tip; many surgical instruments and ENT procedures
Oxygen Cylinder
Oxygen Cylinder: Portable supply of supplemental oxygen to maintain aerobic metabolism during patient transport
History of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter
History of the Development, and widespread adoption, of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter (PAC) or Swan-Ganz catheter
Marie Boivin
Marie Anne Victoire (née Gillian) Boivin (1773 - 1841) was a French midwife. Boivin Intropelvimeter; Boivin Bivalve Vaginal Speculum (1825)
Francis Rynd
Francis Rynd (1801 – 1861) was an Irish physician. Arguably the inventor of the hypodermic needle, performing and recording the results of the first hypodermic injection on June 3rd 1844.
Hermann Adolph Wülfing-Lüer
Hermann Adolph Wülfing-Lüer (1836 – 1910) German Surgical instrument manufacturer. His wife Jeanne Amélie Lüer invented the original Lüer syringe in 1895
Tuohy Needle
Tuohy Needle with Huber point: Non-coring type needle with a transversely curved wall and side hole giving it a long, sharp, curved tip. EB Tuohy (1946)