Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Invention of the Week: Forrest Bird: Medical Respirator
Learn about the inventor of "the first reliable low-cost, mass-produced medical respirator," Forrest Bird. This article overviews his education and career, the development of the respirator, and the effects the respirator has had on the...
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Forrest M. Bird
This site has a short biographical sketch about the inventor of "The Bird," a respirator that helped to infants with respiratory problems.