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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Anna Wagner Keichline

For Students 9th - 10th
A biographical look at the life of Anna Wagner Keichline - architect, inventor, suffragist, and World War I Special Agent.
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Leonardo Da Vinci the Complete Works

For Students 9th - 10th
View over 100 of Leonardo's paintings, drawings, and inventions. You can conduct searches, watch slideshows, or view page by page. Also includes an extensive biography and many features that make finding and bookmarking your favorite...
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Thomas Fogarty: Emolectomy Catheter

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Thomas Fogarty, inventor of the embolectomy catheter, a "device [that] allows a thin balloon to be inserted into a patient's artery and guided through an occlusion." Read about the invention's impact and the inventor's career.
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Wilson Greatbatch: Medical Cardiac Pacemaker

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the inventor of the medical cardiac pacemaker, Wilson Greatbatch. This site provides a brief bio on Greatbatch, information on the invention's impact, and a portrait of the inventor.
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Harold Stephen Black

For Students 9th - 10th
This site honors Harold Stephen Black for his inventions of the wave translation system and the negative feedback amplifier. Content includes a brief biography of the inventor as well as a look at how his inventions have impacted society.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Virginia Apgar

For Students 3rd - 8th
At this site from MIT Invention Dimension you can read about Virginia Apgar and her accomplishments as "One of Columbia University's first female M.D.s," as a researcher of childbirth, and as the inventor of the "Newborn Scoring System."
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Willem J. Kolff

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a brief bio on Willem J. Kolff, inventor of the artificial kidney dialysis machine, and learn the extent to which this invention is being used in the U.S.
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: John Gibbon: Heart Lung Machine

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a very brief bio on Dr. John Gibbon, inventor of the heart-lung machine that he used to "complete the first open-heart operation." Learn about the invention's impact on the medical world.
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Robert Ledley: Diagnostic X Ray System/cat Scan

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the inventor of the CAT Scan, Robert S. Ledley. This site includes a brief bio and information on the invention's impact on the medical world and patients.
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: James J. Wynne: Far Ultraviolet Procedures

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about James J. Wynne, co-inventor of the laser technique used in LASIK eye surgery. This page includes a bio, an overview of the invention's impact on the medical world, and a portrait of Wynne.
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Langer: Mplantable Cardioverter Defibrillator

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Alois A. Langer, a member of "the medical team that invented the first automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator." Also, learn how this invention impacts the medical world.
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: George Washington Carver

For Students 9th - 10th
This National Inventors Hall of Fame site provides a brief biography of the agricultural chemist, George Washington Carver.
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Lloyd H. Conover Tetracycline

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a brief bio on the inventor of the broad spectrum antibiotic, tetracycline.
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Frederick Banting: Isolated, Purified Insulin

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Frederick Banting and the work he did to help diabetics maintain their insulin levels. This site includes biographical informatin and links to pages on inventors Charles Best and James Collip.
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Samuel Blum: Far Ultraviolet Procedures

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Samuel Blum, inventor of the laser technique used in LASIK eye surgery. This page includes a bio and a brief explanation of how Blum discovered that lasers could be used in surgery.
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Baruch S. Blumberg: Vaccine for Hepatitis B

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides biographical information on Baruch S. Blumberg, inventor of the Hepatitis B vaccine.
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Raymond v. Damadian: Mri

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Raymond V. Damadian, inventor of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and learn how the MRI has impacted the field of medicine.
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: William D. Coolidge: Vacuum Tube (X Ray)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a brief biography on William D. Coolidge, inventor of the X-ray tube, also known as the "Coolidge tube."
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: M. Stephen Heilman

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Stephen Heilman, co-inventor of the automatic implantable defibrillator, "a device that detects and corrects heart arrhythmias in patients who would otherwise die from sudden cardiac death."
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Ernest H. Volwiler: Pentothal/anesthesia

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is information on Pentothal, or general anesthesia, and its inventor, Ernest H. Volwiler.
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Samuel F. B. Morse

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an Inventors Hall of Fame website on Samuel F.B. Morse. Includes a short biography and portrait.
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Forrest M. Bird

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site has a short biographical sketch about the inventor of "The Bird," a respirator that helped to infants with respiratory problems.
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Charles Franklin Kettering

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides a biography of Charles Kettering (1876-1958) and describes his inventions for the automobile, including an electrical ignition system.
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Dean Kamen: Ambulatory Infusion Pump

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is information on Dean Kamen and his invention, the ambulatory infusion pump, or the AutoSyringe, that "free[s] patients from round-the-clock injections."

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