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Mit: Invention of the Week: Forrest Bird: Medical Respirator

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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 medical world.

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baby respirator, breathing device, breathing devices, breathing related devices, breathing related medical devices, forrest bird, lemelson-mit, medical respirator, respirator, forrest m. bird
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